Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 9
Osprey 0 9 2155
Bald Eagle 0 17 160
Northern Harrier 1 63 570
Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 416 7328
Cooper's Hawk 3 96 1794
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 10
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 729
Red-tailed Hawk 2 70 148
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 4
American Kestrel 0 41 3254
Merlin 0 7 1099
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 646
Unknown 3 114
Total: 45 735 18020
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Scott McConnell
Observers: Scott McConnell
Visitors:
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Weather:
Low, thick, damp clouds moved in mid-morning and shut down the "flight."
Raptor Observations:
Pair of HY bald eagles fishing from the concrete ships for several hours.
At one point, one was consuming and mantling a fish; the other kept
harrassing it. The harrassed one evetually flipped up and presented
talons; while it was recovering from this maneuver, the other one dropped
down and stole the fish, flew off a little ways and consumed it. This bird
later buzzed by a peregrine, which was hunting pigeons over the ships.
Non-raptor Observations:
Purple finch; brown creeper; r-b and b-h nuthatches; 2 pine siskins;
pipits; 2 monarchs.
Predictions:
Rain
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Report submitted by Scott McConnell (scitchyrooroo@xxxxxxxxx)
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