Hawk Watch Sunday November 14, 2010


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 211 387
Turkey Vulture 20 1069 2159
Osprey 0 34 4564
Bald Eagle 2 65 474
Northern Harrier 6 654 2285
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 1832 19639
Cooper's Hawk 7 348 4033
Northern Goshawk 3 16 18
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 240 354
Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 1221
Red-tailed Hawk 7 1013 1595
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 17 25
American Kestrel 3 74 5635
Merlin 0 63 2236
Peregrine Falcon 2 22 1391
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0

Total: 74 5672 46017
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours

Official Counter: Melissa Roach

Observers:

Weather:
Light (sometimes moderate) North winds becoming East for most of the day.
We did have a short time of South winds. Partly cloudy skies with very
good visibility.

Raptor Observations:
A slow day, but we were lucky enough to have 3 Northern Goshawks fly by
(one of which came by very close).

Non-raptor Observations:
2 Belted Kingfishers, 2 Palm Warblers, 2 Wilson's Snipe, 4 Eastern
Meadowlarks, American Pipits, 1 Cave Swallow

Predictions:
Very light and variable South winds tomorrow so migration will be very slow
tomorrow.

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