Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2005
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 23 95 300
Turkey Vulture 43 108 154
Osprey 63 675 2486
Bald Eagle 26 113 202
Northern Harrier 13 65 346
Sharp-shinned Hawk 123 1999 3296
Cooper's Hawk 73 599 1196
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 3
Broad-winged Hawk 1 200 839
Red-tailed Hawk 10 62 132
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 2
American Kestrel 153 843 4690
Merlin 67 346 1069
Peregrine Falcon 20 406 623
Unknown 2 10 60
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 617 5522 15399
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 12 hours
Official Counter: Sam Stuart
Observers:
Weather:
Very clear, strong-ish northwest winds.
Raptor Observations:
Low observable flight, mainly going north between the bayside beach and the
platform. Southbound migration probably well east of us. We just saw the
dregs of it. 70% of flight going NORTH!
Non-raptor Observations:
========================================================================
Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
