Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 88 94 Turkey Vulture 0 649 766 Osprey 9 1569 3738 Bald Eagle 8 245 546 Northern Harrier 25 549 725 Sharp-shinned Hawk 326 7333 10581 Cooper's Hawk 59 2054 2908 Northern Goshawk 1 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 35 42 Broad-winged Hawk 3 483 691 Red-tailed Hawk 13 111 221 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 6 6 American Kestrel 72 2007 4245 Merlin 33 792 1305 Peregrine Falcon 9 614 927 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Zone-tailed Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 558 16538 26804 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Quite breezy with winds from the NW/W between 10-15mph and gusts up to 25mph. Very sunny skies with no cloud coverage and temperatures reaching 64F. Raptor Observations: Mainly sharpies with kestrels and merlins in the afternoon. Flight was quite distant over the treeline to the north of platform. Non-raptor Observations: Still lots of ducks on the pond including Eurasian Widgeon(3), Pied-billed Grebe(2), Ring-necked Duck(3), Gadwall, American Widgeon, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal. Also, Tundra Swan(3) and Blackpoll Warbler(1). Predictions: More sun! A bit cooler in the low 60's with winds continuing from the NW 8-14mph. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 26 October 2014
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