Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 12 186 391
Turkey Vulture 55 459 505
Osprey 29 830 2641
Bald Eagle 3 162 251
Northern Harrier 4 202 483
Sharp-shinned Hawk 212 3319 4616
Cooper's Hawk 43 1060 1657
Northern Goshawk 1 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 6 8
Broad-winged Hawk 44 289 928
Red-tailed Hawk 3 137 207
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 3
American Kestrel 20 1290 5137
Merlin 10 734 1457
Peregrine Falcon 5 474 691
Unknown 0 11 61
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 443 9163 19040
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Bob Anderson, Sam Stuart
Observers: Bob Anderson
Weather:
winds from the south southwest in morning swinging to the west in evening.
At 5 strong winds from northwest pushed in. clouds low most of day.
Raptor Observations:
slow day overall with great species diversity.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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