Hawk Watch Sunday November 20, 2011

Well, it was an even slower raptor day with only 36 birds counted. The morning held the majority of the movement with a fair number of Sharp-shinned Hawks while the afternoon basically shut down and was quite slow. As I mentioned earlier, one of the best things about Cape May is that there is always something to look at...even when the hawks aren't flying.

Yellow-rumped Warblers aren't the only warbler species still around the point. There are still a few Blackpoll Warblers (and other species) fueling up on tasty treats.



Bunker Pond has its fair share of waterfowl at the moment including a group of 11 Lesser Scaup that showed up on Wednesday.



Birds do the darndest things. I captured this Pied-billed Grebe in an unfamiliar pose as it was vigorously taking a bath.



Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 12 61
Turkey Vulture 0 118 526
Osprey 0 17 2626
Bald Eagle 0 42 414
Northern Harrier 6 140 776
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 476 14995
Cooper's Hawk 2 72 2882
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 64 193
Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 990
Red-tailed Hawk 2 168 448
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 6
American Kestrel 0 26 5250
Merlin 0 8 1600
Peregrine Falcon 1 20 1078
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: 36 1168 31851
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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:
Moderate Southwest winds for much of the day with West-southwest winds for
the last 3 hours. Mostly cloudy skies.

Raptor Observations:
A slow day overall but a fair number of Sharp-shins in the morning and a
late Peregrine.

Non-raptor Observations:
6 Tundra Swans in the morning, 1 Belted Kingfisher
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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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