Hawk Watch Sunday November 14, 2010

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2010
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0            211            387
Turkey Vulture              20           1069           2159
Osprey                       0             34           4564
Bald Eagle                   2             65            474
Northern Harrier             6            654           2285
Sharp-shinned Hawk          20           1832          19639
Cooper's Hawk                7            348           4033
Northern Goshawk             3             16             18
Red-shouldered Hawk          4            240            354
Broad-winged Hawk            0             14           1221
Red-tailed Hawk              7           1013           1595
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0             17             25
American Kestrel             3             74           5635
Merlin                       0             63           2236
Peregrine Falcon             2             22           1391
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:                      74           5672          46017
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Observation start time: 06:45:00 
Observation end   time: 15:30:00 
Total observation time: 8.75 hours

Official Counter:        Melissa Roach

Observers:        

Weather:
Light (sometimes moderate) North winds becoming East for most of the day. 
We did have a short time of South winds.  Partly cloudy skies with very
good visibility.

Raptor Observations:
A slow day, but we were lucky enough to have 3 Northern Goshawks fly by
(one of which came by very close).

Non-raptor Observations:
2 Belted Kingfishers, 2 Palm Warblers, 2 Wilson's Snipe, 4 Eastern
Meadowlarks, American Pipits, 1 Cave Swallow

Predictions:
Very light and variable South winds tomorrow so migration will be very slow
tomorrow.