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Bocas Spring 2023

Season Summary

Species Count
23
Total Count
767,530

Live Updates

The sightings you see here are being collected on a tablet by a biologist out in the field.

Hover your mouse over the points on the graph to see more details. Click on different species in the legend to show or hide them on the chart.

If there's nothing showing, it may mean that this site doesn't have access to the internet or isn't counting right now.

Live Updates

1

Osprey

at 4:26:00 PM

1

Osprey

at 10:45:47 PM

850

Turkey Vulture

at 10:28:38 PM

100

Swainson's Hawk

at 10:22:11 PM

215

Broad-winged Hawk

at 10:22:04 PM

3190

Turkey Vulture

at 10:21:56 PM

190

Swainson's Hawk

at 9:55:55 PM

325

Broad-winged Hawk

at 9:55:47 PM

2800

Turkey Vulture

at 9:55:40 PM

275

Swainson's Hawk

at 9:46:13 PM

750

Broad-winged Hawk

at 9:46:03 PM

3200

Turkey Vulture

at 9:45:54 PM

1

Red-tailed Hawk

at 9:45:10 PM

3

King Vulture

at 9:37:27 PM

2475

Turkey Vulture

at 9:35:28 PM

5

Swainson's Hawk

at 9:35:17 PM

7

Broad-winged Hawk

at 9:35:12 PM

11

Wood Stork

at 9:32:15 PM

1

Peregrine Falcon

at 9:32:07 PM

145

Turkey Vulture

at 8:52:58 PM

Species Composition

Species composition changes over time depending on weather, seasons, and many other factors. This chart displays the composition over a time period you select.

Click on pie pieces to see more detail. If there are more than seven species, click on "Other" to see a breakdown of the rest.

Display

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Date Selector

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You can push the buttons "1d," "1w," or "1m" to zoom the graph to 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month.

The graph shows the overall volume seen on each day. You can drag the sliders on each side of this graph to adjust the start and end dates.

Species Composition
February 13th to March 24th

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Hourly Data

The time shown in the top row is the start of the one hour period.

Select Day

Choose a date to load the hourly table for that day. Only days that have data are shown.

Daily Counts

These charts show which species are most numerous at different parts of the season. Hover your mouse over a chart to see the number for a given day. The right column shows season totals and the left side shows the maximum for a single day. Each graph is scaled so that the single-day maximum is the highest point on the chart.

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  • Abundance: Sort the species with the largest number counted at the top.

Daily Counts

Turkey Vulture
502499
King Vulture
5
Osprey
344
Swallow-tailed Kite
5251
Mississippi Kite
45
Broad-winged Hawk
141521
Swainson's Hawk
111515
Peregrine Falcon
18
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Bocas Spring 2023

Located at the Bocas Ridge Hotel and Residences, this site lies at the top of the first prominent ridge inland from the Carribean coast, at about 1500 feet in elevation. Researchers and residents staying at Bocas Ridge have noted very large numbers of raptors migrating overhead both spring and fall, but no formal count has been done

Bocas Ridge

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About the Data

All data displayed on this site are preliminary and have not yet undergone quality control. Written permission is required to use the data.

Bocas Ridge