Hawk Watch Friday November 25, 2011

I hope everyone had a relaxing, fun, and food-filled Thanksgiving yesterday! My Thanksgiving day was spent at the platform, and I was very thankful for the great movement of birds moving through yesterday. Today was quite a bit slower; a more typical late-November flight was seen with limited activity between 10 and 1.

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2011
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0             24             73
Turkey Vulture               0            220            628
Osprey                       2             19           2628
Bald Eagle                   3             49            421
Northern Harrier             8            175            811
Sharp-shinned Hawk          21            571          15090
Cooper's Hawk               10            106           2916
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          7            126            255
Broad-winged Hawk            0              5            991
Red-tailed Hawk             19            246            526
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              1              6
American Kestrel             0             27           5251
Merlin                       0              9           1601
Peregrine Falcon             0             24           1082
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              0              6

Total:                      70           1602          32285
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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:
Light, variable West winds becoming mostly Southwest by the end of the day
with clear skies (just some wispy clouds at the end).

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:
2 male Eurasian Wigeons, 1 male Redhead, 3 Cave Swallow sightings, 2
Bufflehead
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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/