Apparently, the hawks took the day off like most people because it was really slow today. Our grand total was 8 raptors for the day (only 2 during the last 5 and a half hours). Tomorrow doesn't look too promising either with more rain and strong SW winds early on.
Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 293 469
Turkey Vulture 0 1379 2469
Osprey 0 43 4573
Bald Eagle 0 86 495
Northern Harrier 1 735 2366
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 2043 19850
Cooper's Hawk 2 394 4079
Northern Goshawk 1 23 25
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 300 414
Broad-winged Hawk 0 18 1225
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1142 1724
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 19 27
American Kestrel 0 89 5650
Merlin 1 74 2247
Peregrine Falcon 0 42 1411
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 8 6681 47026
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Melissa Roach
Observers:
Weather:
Calm NNE winds early on became ESE by the end of the day. We had showers
(sometimes heavy) through most of the morning and then overcast skies the
rest of the day.
Raptor Observations:
Very slow today with only 8 migrants.
Non-raptor Observations:
Cave Swallows, Belted Kingfisher, Red-throated Loons, Northern Gannets,
American Pipits
Predictions:
Tomorrow isn't looking too great for migrants either with strong SW winds
becoming West around 11am but showers forecasted for the entire day.
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