Heavy rain pushed us off the platform briefly this morning, but shortly afterwards the sun came out, the fog burned off and it became a beautiful day...just with the wrong winds. 2 Common Moorhens at the back of Bunker Pond entertained people for much of the day, and the changing of the seasons was evident in the 5 Black Scoters flying offshore, as well as my first White-throated Sparrow of the season calling from in front of the Platform.
My eBird list is below, followed by the Hawk Totals up to this date
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 3
American Wigeon 18
American Black Duck 10
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 3
Black Scoter 5
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Green Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 28
Bald Eagle 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41
Cooper's Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 7
Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 13
Common Moorhen 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 11 Flocks of 4 and then 7
peep sp. 4
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 30
Royal Tern 15
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 50
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Cliff Swallow 1
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling X
Yellow Warbler 4
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 40
Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 - 0 - 0
Turkey Vulture 0 - 0 - 0
Osprey 28 - 1316 - 1316
Bald Eagle 3 - 161 - 161
Northern Harrier 0 - 135 - 135
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 - 3105 - 3105
Cooper's Hawk 6 - 845 - 845
Northern Goshawk 0 - 0 - 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 - 3 - 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 - 161 - 161
Red-tailed Hawk 4 - 169 - 169
Rough-legged Hawk 0 - 0 - 0
Golden Eagle 0 - 0 - 0
American Kestrel 7 - 1563 - 1563
Merlin 4 - 718 - 718
Peregrine Falcon 13 - 129 - 129
Unknown Accipiter 0 - 1 - 1
Unknown Buteo 0 - 0 - 0
Unknown Falcon 0 - 0 - 0
Unknown Eagle 0 - 0 - 0
Unknown Raptor 0 - 1 - 1
Total: 106 8315 8315
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Observation start time: 05:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Doug Gochfeld
Observers:
Weather:
Humid all day. SW and SSW winds, rain during the first couple of hours,
becoming sunny in the afternoon.
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