Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 1 153 700
Turkey Vulture 9 1434 2505
Osprey 0 43 2760
Bald Eagle 1 50 368
Northern Harrier 3 134 707
Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 818 6472
Cooper's Hawk 6 168 2221
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 44 102
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 963
Red-tailed Hawk 4 299 677
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 7
American Kestrel 4 125 5441
Merlin 3 17 1522
Peregrine Falcon 2 7 713
Unknown 0 5 68
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 91 3303 25230
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Sam Stuart
Observers:
Weather:
warm temp, beginging clear and becoming cloudy and increasingly windy.
winds from south or south southeast.
Raptor Observations:
not much going on, a few accipiters and harriers really moving. the rest
seemed to be heading south
Non-raptor Observations:
one Frigatebird seen to our south and backlit. not able to refind so we'll
have to leave it as a Frigatebird sp.
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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