Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 61
Turkey Vulture 3 25 387
Osprey 15 22 2757
Bald Eagle 3 5 274
Northern Harrier 30 58 957
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1191 2210 16467
Cooper's Hawk 90 182 3032
Northern Goshawk 0 1 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 16 20 82
Broad-winged Hawk 1 3 669
Red-tailed Hawk 30 33 358
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 2 2
American Kestrel 59 69 5401
Merlin 37 50 1855
Peregrine Falcon 4 7 1149
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 2
Total: 1480 2687 33458
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.67 hours
Official Counter: Tom Reed
Observers:
Weather:
Cool, breezy and mostly cloudy. Winds from the W/WNW throughout, 10-20mph.
Scattered showers during the last two hours.
Raptor Observations:
Another good SSHA flight, with numbers building through the early
afternoon. Also a decent number of AMKE for the date. The season's 2nd GOEA
appeared with yesterday's bird at 11:36am (EDT).
Non-raptor Observations:
Another spectacular AM songbird flight-- American Robin (75,000++?), Cedar
Waxwing (3,000+), Yellow-rumped Warbler (900+), Eastern Bluebird (400+),
Purple Finch (150+), Pine Siskin (1500+), White-winged Crossbill (2),
Evening Grosbeak (1), Indigo Bunting (1), House Finch (350+), Red-winged
Blackbird (~2,000), Tennessee Warbler (1), Blackpoll Warbler (5), Eastern
Meadowlark (15)
Also-- Cave Swallow (4), Barn Swallow (2), Chimney Swift (2+), Lesser
Black-backed Gull (1), possible Ross's Goose (1)
Predictions:
Continued cool with more sunshine. Winds from the NW, 10-15mph.
