Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 37 173 378
Turkey Vulture 81 377 423
Osprey 33 781 2592
Bald Eagle 8 157 246
Northern Harrier 48 163 444
Sharp-shinned Hawk 432 2897 4194
Cooper's Hawk 161 992 1589
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 5 7
Broad-winged Hawk 3 242 881
Red-tailed Hawk 24 130 200
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 2
American Kestrel 134 1262 5109
Merlin 147 707 1430
Peregrine Falcon 12 469 686
Unknown 0 12 62
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 1122 8368 18245
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 11.33 hours
Official Counter: Sam Stuart
Observers:
Weather:
still with west winds in morning. at around 1130 winds shifted to east
blowing a front through as far as I can tell.
Raptor Observations:
30 birds in first 4 hours, 1002 in the next several hours!
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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