Hawkwatch – 8 November 2014


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2014
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0             17            122
Turkey Vulture             187            312           1380
Osprey                       0             15           3800
Bald Eagle                  11             31            623
Northern Harrier             8            193           1050
Sharp-shinned Hawk          61            731          13792
Cooper's Hawk               21            159           3578
Northern Goshawk             0              0              2
Red-shouldered Hawk         91            174            313
Broad-winged Hawk            2             11            734
Red-tailed Hawk             50            209            688
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              1
Golden Eagle                 8             10             16
American Kestrel             2             91           4493
Merlin                       0             28           1391
Peregrine Falcon             3             11            972
Unknown Accipiter            1              1              5
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:                     445           1993          32963
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Observation start time: 06:30:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 9.5 hours

Official Counter:        Mary Raikes

Observers:        

Weather:
Morning started cold(34F) and calm with very clear skies. Winds were light
and variable for most of the day from NE to E to W to SW then S in the
afternoon.  Skies remained quite clear with a few thin clouds throughout
the day.  Temps reaching 50F.

Raptor Observations:
An interesting day with hardly any birds in the sky for the first 2 hours
then they suddenly appeared, above and quite high.  A large number of
Turkey Vultures, Red-shoulders and Red-tails with the highlight of the day
being 8 Golden Eagles.  Flight started fizzling by noon when winds
increased from the S/SW.

Non-raptor Observations:
A good mix of sparrows around this morning including song, savannah, swamp,
field, dark-eyed junco, and vesper.  Typical waterfowl on the pond as
previous weeks with additional bufflehead(3), horned grebe(2), and hooded
merganser(6).  American Bittern(1)

Predictions:
Partly cloudy becoming sunnier, low 50's, and NW winds 5-10.

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