Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 13 80 627
Turkey Vulture 204 636 1707
Osprey 6 36 2753
Bald Eagle 2 39 357
Northern Harrier 17 71 644
Sharp-shinned Hawk 22 472 6126
Cooper's Hawk 10 113 2166
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 8 66
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 963
Red-tailed Hawk 12 107 485
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 5
American Kestrel 7 95 5411
Merlin 0 7 1512
Peregrine Falcon 1 5 711
Unknown 0 3 66
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 296 1676 23603
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6.75 hours
Official Counter: Sam Stuart
Observers:
Weather:
storms associated with this morning's-passing front dissapeared around 9am.
High and solid cloud layer broke up from there creating clear skies. A
few clouds formed as the temperature dropped through the course of the
day. Gennerally windy with some very strong gusts.
Raptor Observations:
quick and storng movement directly proceeding the storm was good but
tappered off.
Non-raptor Observations:
Cave Swallows (2), NRW Swallow (1) & Tree Swallow (many).
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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