Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 38 334 539
Turkey Vulture 17 993 1039
Osprey 3 898 2709
Bald Eagle 8 224 313
Northern Harrier 4 269 550
Sharp-shinned Hawk 95 4283 5580
Cooper's Hawk 22 1432 2029
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 55 57
Broad-winged Hawk 1 322 961
Red-tailed Hawk 19 288 358
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 3
American Kestrel 13 1447 5294
Merlin 0 777 1500
Peregrine Falcon 2 489 706
Unknown 0 13 63
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 224 11828 21705
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Bob Anderson, Sam Stuart
Observers: Bob Anderson, Bryan Zvolanek, Sam Stuart, Thuy Anderson
Weather:
north west winds, partly cloudy. very cool morning not really warming up
much during day.
Raptor Observations:
a few raptors moving to our east
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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