A solid day at the Platform, with a pretty good movement of accipiters during the early hours through mid-day. There were some nice non-raptors as well, including the first group of American Coots (8) of the season, as well as a couple of flyover Dickcissels and a very obliging female Blue Grosbeak that dropped into the platform area at the end of the day.
eBird list follows (with Hawkcount data below):
Canada Goose 200
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 22 (flyover flocks of 5 then 17)
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 3
Green-winged Teal 24
Surf Scoter 9
Black Scoter 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 5
Glossy Ibis 1
Black Vulture 9
Turkey Vulture 35
Osprey 54
Bald Eagle 12
Northern Harrier 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 301
Cooper's Hawk 214
Broad-winged Hawk 13
Red-tailed Hawk 6
American Kestrel 54
Merlin 28
Peregrine Falcon 19
Common Moorhen 1
American Coot 8
Killdeer 10
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 6
Stilt Sandpiper 1
peep sp. 2
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern 75
Royal Tern 5
Black Skimmer 100
Rock Pigeon 15
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 100
Blue Jay 20
Fish Crow 20
Tree Swallow 400
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Bank Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
American Pipit 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Cape May Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 25
Blackpoll Warbler 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 10
Dickcissel 2
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 350
American Goldfinch 20
House Sparrow 30
Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 5 43 43
Turkey Vulture 24 68 68
Osprey 49 1646 1646
Bald Eagle 12 195 195
Northern Harrier 8 156 156
Sharp-shinned Hawk 301 3812 3812
Cooper's Hawk 214 1233 1233
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 6
Broad-winged Hawk 13 178 178
Red-tailed Hawk 6 179 179
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 54 2075 2075
Merlin 28 834 834
Peregrine Falcon 19 262 262
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 733 10689 10689
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Observation start time: 05:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Doug Gochfeld
Observers:
Weather:
NW/NNW Winds, Mostly cloudy
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