This Blue Grosbeak spent the whole day hanging around the platform and could often be heard "chinking" from the vegetation when it wasn't in view. (photo by Alyssia Church)Non-raptor highlights were an American Bittern, 3 Great Cormorants, a juvenile Blue Grosbeak, 11 juvenile White-crowned Sparrows, an American Golden-Plover (seen twice flying towards the beach with a flock of Black-bellied Plovers), 6 Eastern Meadowlarks, and 2 each of Eastern Bluebird and Pine Siskin. There was also a sizeable movement of House Finches this morning, along with a southbound (as typically happens on south winds) push of Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Complete eBird list follows with Hawkcount data below:
Location: Cape Island--CMPSP--Hawkwatch Platform (CMBO hawkwatch)
Observation date: 10/25/10
Notes: SSW Winds all day.
Number of species: 79
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 6
Green-winged Teal 115
Ring-necked Duck 1
Surf Scoter 1500
Black Scoter 400
Surf/Black Scoter 2000
Ruddy Duck 52
Red-throated Loon 4
Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Northern Gannet 35
Double-crested Cormorant 2100
Great Cormorant 3
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 16
Sharp-shinned Hawk 276
Cooper's Hawk 66
Northern Goshawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 8
Merlin 18
Peregrine Falcon 21
Black-bellied Plover 14
American Golden-Plover 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 14
Sanderling X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Royal Tern X
Black Skimmer 180
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow 500
Tufted Titmouse 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 2500
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1000
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 2
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 11
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Common Grackle X
House Finch 800
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 1 82 128
Turkey Vulture 5 648 846
Osprey 1 1750 4491
Bald Eagle 0 209 385
Northern Harrier 16 806 1277
Sharp-shinned Hawk 276 10480 15700
Cooper's Hawk 66 2547 3431
Northern Goshawk 1 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 56 61
Broad-winged Hawk 0 748 1201
Red-tailed Hawk 2 253 392
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 3
American Kestrel 8 2325 5124
Merlin 18 1207 2028
Peregrine Falcon 21 984 1261
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 416 22100 36331
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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:
SSW Winds all day.
Raptor Observations:
Juvenile Northern Goshawk AT 12:25 PM. Several adult male Merlins.
Non-raptor Observations:
Juvenile Blue Grosbeak, 11 juvenile White-crowned Sparrows, American
Bittern (1-2), American Golden-Plover, 6 Eastern Meadowlarks, 2 Eastern
Bluebirds, 3 Great Cormorants, 2 Pine Siskins, several hundred House
Finches.
Predictions:
S and SSW winds again. Clouds.
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