Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 50 61
Turkey Vulture 0 305 362
Osprey 6 1136 2706
Bald Eagle 0 122 267
Northern Harrier 2 604 886
Sharp-shinned Hawk 35 11316 13950
Cooper's Hawk 2 2313 2828
Northern Goshawk 0 3 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 58 61
Broad-winged Hawk 0 450 666
Red-tailed Hawk 0 294 321
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 2647 5327
Merlin 2 1189 1784
Peregrine Falcon 1 824 1137
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 1 2
Total: 53 21312 30362
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Tom Reed
Observers: Alyssia Church, Cameron Rutt, Erin Lehnert, Libby Errickson
Weather:
Overcast, raw, winds from the ENE/NE at 10-20mph throughout.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Washout.
Due to Superstorm Sandy, Saturday ended up being the last day of the 2012
season with the rest of our seasonal staff. Many, many thanks to each of
them for their assistance during the past two months:
Alyssia Church - George Myers Field Naturalist
Libby Errickson - Hawk Watch Interpretive Naturalist
Erin Lehnert - Hawk Watch Interpretive Naturalist
Cameron Rutt - Morning Flight primary counter
