Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 34 49
Turkey Vulture 0 332 353
Osprey 15 1223 2570
Bald Eagle 3 231 356
Northern Harrier 21 393 564
Sharp-shinned Hawk 151 9549 13220
Cooper's Hawk 16 2142 2626
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 58 67
Broad-winged Hawk 0 905 984
Red-tailed Hawk 1 164 207
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 78 2901 5111
Merlin 11 737 1495
Peregrine Falcon 1 516 1045
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 2 4
Total: 298 19189 28653
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Melissa Roach
Observers:
Weather:
Southwest winds all day that began quite strong but eventually calmed down
by noon. We had mostly clear skies in the morning that turned to overcast
skies for the later half of the day.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
3 Wilson's Snipe, 3 Eurasian Collared-doves, 6 Great Blue Herons, 2 Chimney
Swifts, 2 Cliff Swallows, 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 1 Ring-necked
Duck
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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/
A pretty good movement of birds for the first part of the day but things basically shut down by the afternoon.
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