Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2006
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 9
Osprey 0 32 2190
Bald Eagle 0 28 171
Northern Harrier 0 141 655
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 713 7638
Cooper's Hawk 0 170 1871
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 9 15
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 730
Red-tailed Hawk 1 149 227
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 6
American Kestrel 0 52 3275
Merlin 0 11 1280
Peregrine Falcon 0 8 650
Unknown 4 115
Total: 1 1322 18832
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Scott McConnell
Observers: Scott McConnell
Visitors:
Joe Beatty
Weather:
Somewhat foggy; fog increased as morning wore on
Raptor Observations:
Peregrine hunting pigeons over the concrete ships; imm. Cooper's hawk
cackling in pine stand by platform, apparently in response to my loud and
persistent belching.
Non-raptor Observations:
Brown creeper; b-h nuthatch; chimney swift at ESVNWR in late afternoon.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Scott McConnell (scitchyrooroo@xxxxxxxxx)
You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
