Hawk Watch Friday November 18, 2011

Finally a good day in November!! Well, good for hawks at least. There have already been numerous days with impressive passerine movement so it was nice to have to hawks to finally count.


Immature Red-tailed Hawk that gave visitors on the platform a nice long look.

Clearly these adult male Northern Harriers don't want to travel together.

One of my absolute favorite raptors, an adult male Northern Harrier.

[All photos by Melissa Roach]









Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 8 12 61
Turkey Vulture 76 118 526
Osprey 0 16 2625
Bald Eagle 13 42 414
Northern Harrier 36 121 757
Sharp-shinned Hawk 65 426 14945
Cooper's Hawk 4 65 2875
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 19 60 189
Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 990
Red-tailed Hawk 23 155 435
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 6
American Kestrel 2 26 5250
Merlin 0 7 1599
Peregrine Falcon 0 19 1077
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 0 6

Total: 247 1072 31755
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours

Official Counter: Melissa Roach

Observers:

Weather:
Breezy variable Northwest winds the entire day with clear skies.

Raptor Observations:
Finally a good push in November with over 200 birds counted.

Non-raptor Observations:
8 American Pipits, 8 Brant, 11 Mute Swans, 9 Tundra Swans, 12 Rusty
Blackbirds, 11 Lesser Scaup on the pond, 2 Bufflehead, 1 Barn Swallow, 1
Bank Swallow, 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 1 Cave Swallow, ~60 Tree
Swallows, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
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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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