Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2013 | |||
Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
Black Vulture | 13 | 170 | 279 |
Turkey Vulture | 44 | 970 | 2376 |
Osprey | 0 | 11 | 3090 |
Bald Eagle | 2 | 108 | 469 |
Northern Harrier | 13 | 321 | 1096 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 100 | 2894 | 19699 |
Cooper's Hawk | 15 | 390 | 3585 |
Northern Goshawk | 1 | 4 | 8 |
Red-shouldered Hawk | 7 | 547 | 724 |
Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 8 | 653 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 54 | 1560 | 2164 |
Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Golden Eagle | 1 | 27 | 39 |
American Kestrel | 1 | 50 | 3433 |
Merlin | 3 | 50 | 1335 |
Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 12 | 1173 |
Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Swainson's Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total: | 254 | 7123 | 40128 |
Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
Total observation time: | 9 hours |
Official Counter | Tom Reed |
Observers: |
Weather:
Seasonably cool with variable cloudiness. Winds NW 10-20mph throughout.
Raptor Observations:
A fair though brief RTHA flight...trickle of SSHA throughout. NOGO at 0748. GOEA at 1053 broke single-season record.
Non-raptor Observations:
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (1), Eurasian Wigeon (4), Lapland Longspur (1), Cave Swallow (2)
Predictions:
Mostly sunny; 35F; winds NW 25-30mph, gusts to 45mph.