Hawk Watch Friday October 7, 2011


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 13 28
Turkey Vulture 0 85 106
Osprey 37 888 2235
Bald Eagle 11 118 243
Northern Harrier 19 209 380
Sharp-shinned Hawk 170 4499 8170
Cooper's Hawk 107 966 1450
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 18 27
Broad-winged Hawk 0 775 854
Red-tailed Hawk 4 39 82
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 6 2320 4530
Merlin 24 484 1242
Peregrine Falcon 23 186 715
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 3

Total: 403 10601 20065
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours

Official Counter: Melissa Roach

Observers:

Weather:
Very light North winds to start with, but as the wind turned to the East,
it also picked up in intensity as well. Clear blue skies for the vast
majority of the day again with a couple of hours in the afternoon with
significant clouds (yay).

Raptor Observations:
A much slower day today with just over 400 birds counted.

Non-raptor Observations:


Predictions:
It looks like the day will be dominated by Northwest skies which is perfect
for us. However, the winds will be very light and there will be zero cloud
coverage which means that the birds will be flying extremely high up in the
blue (making them very hard to see).
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Report submitted by Melissa Roach (roach.mc1@gmail.com)
Cape May Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/

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