Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 17 17 78
Turkey Vulture 117 142 504
Osprey 2 24 2759
Bald Eagle 6 11 280
Northern Harrier 111 169 1068
Sharp-shinned Hawk 909 3119 17376
Cooper's Hawk 54 236 3086
Northern Goshawk 4 5 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 25 45 107
Broad-winged Hawk 1 4 670
Red-tailed Hawk 85 118 443
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 3 3
American Kestrel 127 196 5528
Merlin 23 73 1878
Peregrine Falcon 3 10 1152
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: 1485 4172 34943
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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 overcast. Winds from the NW at 10-20mph throughout, with
gusts to 30+.
Raptor Observations:
A third straight 1,000+ bird day to open November, with SSHA again leading
the way. The 127 AMKE today must represent one of the biggest ever November
flights here. The third GOEA of the season showed up at 11am (EDT), and 111
NOHA represents a high count for the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
Full list from today is available here-- http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11955177
A truly fantastic all-around Cape May day, with highlights including an
essentially uncountable flight of American Robins, loads of other
short-distance passerines, a FRANKLIN'S GULL, 80+ White-winged Crossbills,
5 Red Crossbills, Cackling Goose, Snow Bunting, Lincoln's Sparrow, and
White-rumped Sandpiper.
Predictions:
Mostly sunny(?), still cool, winds NW 10-15mph.
