Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 118 179
Turkey Vulture 0 967 1329
Osprey 0 34 2769
Bald Eagle 0 29 298
Northern Harrier 4 397 1296
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 5561 19818
Cooper's Hawk 8 732 3582
Northern Goshawk 1 29 33
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 761 823
Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 678
Red-tailed Hawk 17 1811 2136
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 19 19
American Kestrel 0 293 5625
Merlin 0 95 1900
Peregrine Falcon 0 18 1160
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 1 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 3
Total: 50 10878 41649
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Tom Reed
Observers:
Weather:
Mostly sunny and seasonable. Winds from the N/NNE during the morning,
becoming NE/ENE and increasing through the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Another predictably slow day, though the unquestionable highlight was an
extremely intriguing buteo that passed by during the mid-morning and was
possibly a RTHA x SWHA hybrid. More details/photos to come.
Non-raptor Observations:
Cave Swallow (70), Barn Swallow (3), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2), Red
Crossbill (~55), White-winged Crossbil (~15), Common Redpoll (2),
Orange-crowned Warbler (1), Brown Pelican (1)
Red Bat (2), Monarch (6), Red Admiral (4), Question Mark (1), Common Green
Darner (2)
Predictions:
Mostly sunny, winds N ~10mph
