Cape May Hawk Watch - 21 November 2012


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2012
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0            118            179
Turkey Vulture               0            967           1329
Osprey                       0             34           2769
Bald Eagle                   0             29            298
Northern Harrier             4            397           1296
Sharp-shinned Hawk          14           5561          19818
Cooper's Hawk                8            732           3582
Northern Goshawk             1             29             33
Red-shouldered Hawk          5            761            823
Broad-winged Hawk            0             12            678
Red-tailed Hawk             17           1811           2136
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0             19             19
American Kestrel             0            293           5625
Merlin                       0             95           1900
Peregrine Falcon             0             18           1160
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
Unknown Buteo                1              1              1
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              0
Swainson's Hawk              0              1              3

Total:                      50          10878          41649
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Observation start time: 07:00:00 
Observation end   time: 15:30:00 
Total observation time: 8.5 hours

Official Counter:        Tom Reed

Observers:        

Weather:
Mostly sunny and seasonable. Winds from the N/NNE during the morning,
becoming NE/ENE and increasing through the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
Another predictably slow day, though the unquestionable highlight was an
extremely intriguing buteo that passed by during the mid-morning and was
possibly a RTHA x SWHA hybrid. More details/photos to come.

Non-raptor Observations:
Cave Swallow (70), Barn Swallow (3), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2), Red
Crossbill (~55), White-winged Crossbil (~15), Common Redpoll (2),
Orange-crowned Warbler (1), Brown Pelican (1)

Red Bat (2), Monarch (6), Red Admiral (4), Question Mark (1), Common Green
Darner (2)

Predictions:
Mostly sunny, winds N ~10mph