Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 28 457 457
Bald Eagle 6 67 67
Northern Harrier 14 106 106
Sharp-shinned Hawk 30 285 285
Cooper's Hawk 14 95 95
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 5 51 51
Red-tailed Hawk 1 14 14
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 30 799 799
Merlin 7 119 119
Peregrine Falcon 4 26 26
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
Total: 139 2019 2019
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Observation start time: 05:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Tom Reed
Observers:
Weather:
Warm, mostly sunny. Calm winds to start, becoming W/NW through the rest of
the AM before shifting to S shortly before noon.
Raptor Observations:
Almost all movement was restricted to the late-morning hours. Very high
flight against blue skies. Essentially all movement shut down in the
afternoon with the onset of south winds.
Non-raptor Observations:
A great morning movement of Monarchs (3600+), as well as thousands of
dragonflies (primarily Black Saddlebags, with smaller numbers of both
gliders, Common Green Darners and Carolina Saddlebags).
A small songbird flight included 2 Dickcissels, 4 Cape May Warblers, 6+
Red-breasted Nuthatches and 1 Magnolia Warbler.
Predictions:
Sunny; SE winds
