Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 114 114
Turkey Vulture 0 28 28
Osprey 26 1234 1234
Bald Eagle 2 36 36
Northern Harrier 7 224 224
Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 857 857
Cooper's Hawk 6 323 323
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 5 475 475
Red-tailed Hawk 1 34 34
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 30 2930 2930
Merlin 14 369 369
Peregrine Falcon 5 70 70
Unknown 0 38 38
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 114 6736 6736
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Observation start time: 05:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Sam Stuart
Observers:
Weather:
sucky. west winds blew all day long. 92F high temp, or maybe higher.
Humid and awefully hot.
Raptor Observations:
not much going on, observations on the eastern side of the east side of the
pennisula yeilded a greater number of raptors compaired to Kiptopeke SP.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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