Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Community Watch

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DAILY TURKEY VULTURE & RAPTOR COUNT STATISTICS

Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Festival

2009 Turkey Vultures Change in Protocol - Your Backyard Roost - email your results or BLOG them
Date of Report	Location of Report	Name of Reporting Party	Daily Total	2007-Running Total

Total			-	-
2007 Turkey Vultures Change in Protocol - Your Backyard Roost - email your results or BLOG them
Date of Report	Location of Report	Name of Reporting Party	Daily Total	2007-Running Total
9/26/07 evening	Kern River Preserve	Alison Sheehey	1200	6371
9/25/07 evening	Kern River Preserve	Alison Sheehey	4,000 +	5171
9/25/07	Bodfish	Darrell Barnes	175	1171
9/24/07	South Fork Wildlife Area	Wally Mecham	171	996
9/21/07	SE Tehachapi	Lee & Shirley	500	825
9/19/07 morning	Ridgecrest	Shirley Sutton	75	325
9/19/07 morning	W. Ridgecrest	Lee Sutton	75	250
9/18/07 evening	Ridgecrest	Lee Sutton	175	175
Total			-	-

Raptors

Species

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2009

Osprey

33

21

9

10

12

12
11 -

Bald Eagle
- - - - - - - - 1

White-tailed Kite

0

4

0

0

0

-
- -

Northern Harrier

5

2

1

3

7

7
3 -

Sharp-shinned Hawk

6

22

7

15

18

13
10 -

Cooper's Hawk

16

21

15

16

22

20
12 -

Northern Goshawk

1

0

1

0

1

9
3 -

Unidentified Accipiter,

14

23

16

44

20

33
14 -

Red-shouldered Hawk

0

0

0

0

0

-
- -

Broad-winged Hawk

0

3

1

1

1

-
- -

Swainson's Hawk

6

6

3

0

3

2
- -

Zone-tailed Hawk

0

0

0

?

0

-
- -

Red-tailed Hawk

48

20

18

32

37

49
36 -

Ferruginous Hawk

5

6

1

1

1

6
3 -

Rough-legged Hawk

0

3

0

0

1

-
- -

Unidentified Buteo

4

2

3

6

5

3
5 -

Golden Eagle

2

1

1

0

0

-
- -

American Kestrel

24

7

8

3

3

3
5 -

Merlin

2

1

0

0

1

-
- -

Prairie Falcon

6

4

4

2

2

-
- -

Peregrine Falcon

1

0

0

0

1

1
1 -

Unidentified Falcon

1

1

1

1

0

-

-
-

Unidentified Raptor

3

4

5

0

1

12
9 -

Total Raptors

177
(thru 20 Oct)

151
(thru 20 Oct)

94
(thru 20 Oct)

134
(thru 17 Oct)

136
(thru 18 Oct)

170

(thru 12 Oct)

112

(thru 14 Oct)
-

1994/2005 Turkey Vulture Data

Year

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Total
27,415 27,811 32,926 28,589 25,216 29,590
27,467

28,340

16,479

30,429

23,898

17,792

NOTE: These are the official totals of vultures observed over the Kelso Valley County site.

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