Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2013 | |||
Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
Black Vulture | 0 | 157 | 266 |
Turkey Vulture | 0 | 926 | 2332 |
Osprey | 0 | 11 | 3090 |
Bald Eagle | 1 | 106 | 467 |
Northern Harrier | 17 | 308 | 1083 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 42 | 2787 | 19592 |
Cooper's Hawk | 6 | 375 | 3570 |
Northern Goshawk | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Red-shouldered Hawk | 3 | 540 | 717 |
Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 8 | 653 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 12 | 1506 | 2110 |
Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Golden Eagle | 0 | 26 | 38 |
American Kestrel | 1 | 49 | 3432 |
Merlin | 1 | 46 | 1331 |
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: | 84 | 6861 | 39866 |
Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
Observation end time: | 15:00:00 |
Total observation time: | 8 hours |
Official Counter | Tom Reed |
Observers: |
Weather:
Seasonable with increasing clouds through the day. Winds NE/E 5-10mph during the AM; SE 10-15mph during the PM.
Raptor Observations:
Rough-legged Hawk (light-morph) at 8:26am, offshore to the S and headed SW-- the first RLHA recorded on the official count since 10 October 2008.
Non-raptor Observations:
Pomarine Jaeger (1), Eurasian Wigeon (1), Common Eider (1), Horned Grebe (4), Red-throated Loon (5000+), Barn Swallow (2), Snow Bunting (60), Pine Warbler (1), White-winged Scoter (3)
Predictions:
Cloudy, 60F, winds SW 10-15mph. Chance of showers late.