Hawk Watch Friday November 12, 2010

Another slow day at the Hawk Watch platform with most activity scattered throughout the first half of the day. We did have multiple views of a Northern Goshawk which is always a nice treat.

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2010
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture               10            194            370
Turkey Vulture              25           1005           2095
Osprey                       2             31           4561
Bald Eagle                   0             62            471
Northern Harrier            12            642           2273
Sharp-shinned Hawk          39           1757          19564
Cooper's Hawk                8            331           4016
Northern Goshawk             1             12             14
Red-shouldered Hawk          4            228            342
Broad-winged Hawk            0             14           1221
Red-tailed Hawk             13            986           1568
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0             17             25
American Kestrel             0             68           5629
Merlin                       3             63           2236
Peregrine Falcon             1             19           1388
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:                     118           5429          45774
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Observation start time: 06:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:30:00 
Total observation time: 9 hours

Official Counter:        Melissa Roach

Observers:        

Weather:
Light to moderate NNE winds slowly becoming NNW but then abruptly becoming
SE for the last two hours.  Clear skies with no cloud cover.

Raptor Observations:
Limited movement today, but we had a fair number of Sharp-shinned Hawks,
vultures, and Red-tailed Hawks.  

Non-raptor Observations:
Black-bellied Plover, Eastern Bluebirds, Common Loon, lots of scoters

Predictions:
Light to moderate North winds becoming NNE in the afternoon along with
sunny skies again.  It will probably be another fairly slow day again.