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Cardel Raptor Count Fall 2017

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.

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Species Composition
August 20th to November 20th

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Season Summary

Species Count
63
Total Count
2,577,404

Hourly Data

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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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Daily Counts

Turkey Vulture
915647
Osprey
1586
Hook-billed Kite
32
Swallow-tailed Kite
95
Mississippi Kite
94563
Northern Harrier
308
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1223
Cooper's Hawk
866
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Cardel Raptor Count Fall 2017

A narrow geographic bottleneck located at the intersection of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental and the E end of Central Volcanic Belt, forms a narrow passage of lowlands in central Veracruz. This location witnesses the World's largest concentration of migrating raptors that originate in North America and spend the non-breeding season in Middle and South America.

Directions

Cardel (29 masl, 7 km from the coast) is located atop Hotel Bienvenidos in downtown Cardel, some 30 km N of Veracruz City

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