Hawk Watch Friday November 25, 2011

I hope everyone had a relaxing, fun, and food-filled Thanksgiving yesterday! My Thanksgiving day was spent at the platform, and I was very thankful for the great movement of birds moving through yesterday. Today was quite a bit slower; a more typical late-November flight was seen with limited activity between 10 and 1.


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 24 73
Turkey Vulture 0 220 628
Osprey 2 19 2628
Bald Eagle 3 49 421
Northern Harrier 8 175 811
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 571 15090
Cooper's Hawk 10 106 2916
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 7 126 255
Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 991
Red-tailed Hawk 19 246 526
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 6
American Kestrel 0 27 5251
Merlin 0 9 1601
Peregrine Falcon 0 24 1082
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: 70 1602 32285
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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:
Light, variable West winds becoming mostly Southwest by the end of the day
with clear skies (just some wispy clouds at the end).

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:
2 male Eurasian Wigeons, 1 male Redhead, 3 Cave Swallow sightings, 2
Bufflehead
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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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