Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 29 44
Turkey Vulture 0 270 291
Osprey 19 1163 2510
Bald Eagle 2 177 302
Northern Harrier 2 318 489
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 7835 11506
Cooper's Hawk 3 1696 2180
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 27 36
Broad-winged Hawk 0 884 963
Red-tailed Hawk 0 88 131
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 8 2738 4948
Merlin 7 654 1412
Peregrine Falcon 23 485 1014
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 3
Total: 79 16367 25831
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Official Counter: Melissa Roach
Observers:
Weather:
Strong, strong, STRONG South-southwest winds all day today with partly
cloudy skies.
Raptor Observations:
A decent amount of birds moving even though the winds were crazy.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Melissa Roach (roach.mc1@gmail.com)
Cape May Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawk Watch Thursday October 20, 2011
Ok, that's enough wind for now. I appreciate the nice partly cloudy skies, but come on, Southwest winds blowing over 25 mph ALL day? That's just too much...for me AND the raptors. Even though the wind was howling all day at the platform, we still saw a decent number of birds making their way past. Not too terribly surprising (given the intensity of the wind), Peregrines were the dominant migrant today.
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