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/

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