Hawk Watch Thursday November 3, 2011

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2011
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0             49
Turkey Vulture               0              0            408
Osprey                       0             10           2619
Bald Eagle                   1              9            381
Northern Harrier             1             10            646
Sharp-shinned Hawk          27            136          14655
Cooper's Hawk                1             23           2833
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0             18            147
Broad-winged Hawk            0              3            989
Red-tailed Hawk              5             45            325
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              5
American Kestrel             2              4           5228
Merlin                       0              3           1595
Peregrine Falcon             2              7           1065
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:                      39            268          30951
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Observation start time: 06:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 8.5 hours

Official Counter:        Melissa Roach

Observers:        

Weather:
Light to moderate Southwest winds first thing in the morning that made
their way around to the South-southeast for the last 3 hours of the day. 
Partly cloudy skies all day but limited visibility due to some haze in the
air.

Raptor Observations:
Slow movement today with little diversity.

Non-raptor Observations:
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 2 Wilson's Snipe, 1 Bonaparte's Gull on
the pond, 1 Palm Warbler by the platform, 1 Horned Lark flyover, lots of
American Pipits and American Robins in morning flight, 1 Chipping Sparrow,
1 Dickcissel flyover, 1 Glossy Ibis, 3 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Lincoln's
Sparrow still feeding at the base of the platform, 1 Red-throated Loon, 2
Parasitic Jaegers

Predictions:
Tomorrow could be interesting with light North winds first thing in the
morning but then stronger North-northeast winds for the remainder of the
day.  We'll see what happens.
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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/