Considering the predicted SW winds we had a better than expected day for the hawk count, tallying 528 migrating raptors. Lots of common passerines again, with the highest numbers being Yellow-rumpeds and Robins, as well as a smattering of American Pipits and Eastern Meadowlarks. Notable was the almost complete lack of buteos, despite the summerlike weather. There was also a nice movement of lines of Northern Gannets off the point.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Point SP--CMBO Hawk Watch
Observation date: 10/22/09
Number of species: 77
Brant (Atlantic) 8
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Gadwall X
American Wigeon X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler X
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 27
Ring-necked Duck 4
Greater Scaup 1
Ruddy Duck 4
Common Loon 4
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Northern Gannet 150
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 15
Sharp-shinned Hawk 335
Cooper's Hawk 95
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 25
Merlin 23
Peregrine Falcon 21
Common Moorhen 1
American Coot 15
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 24
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern 50
Royal Tern 150
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 50
Blue Jay 200
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow 2500
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
American Robin 1000
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling X
American Pipit 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2500
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
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