Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 12 26 168
Turkey Vulture 51 217 865
Osprey 2 14 2576
Bald Eagle 2 12 423
Northern Harrier 10 97 715
Sharp-shinned Hawk 191 703 12749
Cooper's Hawk 27 127 5357
Northern Goshawk 0 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 28 101 179
Broad-winged Hawk 0 13 706
Red-tailed Hawk 99 225 856
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 4 49 3939
Merlin 0 10 1881
Peregrine Falcon 0 8 1181
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Total: 426 1605 31603
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Doug Gochfeld
Observers:
Weather:
Light NNE winds for most of the day, switching to slightly stronger NNW/NW
in the afternoon. Mostly clear all day.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Hudsonian Godwit, 2 Cave Swallows, American Bittern, 2 Glossy Ibis,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, White-winged Scoter, Parasitic Jaeger,
9,000+ American Robins.
Predictions:
Strong (~25 MPH) NW Winds through most of the day, decreasing to ~15 during
the last couple f hours f the count day).
Hawkwatch 11/05/09
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