The NE Winds kept a lid on most migration, although there was a decent push for a couple of hours. Things mostly shut down around 11:30 AM and migrant raptors were hard to come by after that. The Swainson's Hawk once again put on a good show, ranging from near the lighthouse to over the Meadows. A Goshawk came going east from the Cape May Point and then what was presumably the same individual was seen briefly a bit later over the State Park.
Non-raptor highlights were at least 6 Cave Swallows (the most seen at any one time, but perhaps up to 10), 3 Barn Swallows, 5 Wilson's Snipe, and the continuing Common Goldeneye on Bunker Pond.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Point SP--CMBO Hawk Watch
Observation date: 11/18/09
Number of species: 60
Canada Goose 400
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 25
American Wigeon 250
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 25
Green-winged Teal 76
Ring-necked Duck 10
dark-winged scoter sp. 45
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 5
Northern Gannet 50
Double-crested Cormorant 100
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 49
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 74
Cooper's Hawk 9
Northern Goshawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 11
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 49
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Wilson's Snipe 5
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 15
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow 10
Cave Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 5
American Robin 1200
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling X
American Pipit 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Song Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 550
Brown-headed Cowbird 200
American Goldfinch 400
House Sparrow X
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