Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 4 141 202
Turkey Vulture 41 1170 1532
Osprey 0 35 2770
Bald Eagle 3 40 309
Northern Harrier 5 408 1307
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 5624 19881
Cooper's Hawk 8 767 3617
Northern Goshawk 1 30 34
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 778 840
Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 678
Red-tailed Hawk 23 1927 2252
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 19 19
American Kestrel 0 294 5626
Merlin 0 96 1901
Peregrine Falcon 1 19 1161
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 3
Total: 106 11362 42133
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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:
Visitors:
The top deck was filled with hawk watch regulars throughout much of the
day, and I think everyone had a great time.
This seems like a good time (and space) to offer my thanks to everyone who
visited and assisted with this year's hawk watch. I hope you enjoyed the
season as much as I did.
Weather:
A chilly start, but warmed up nicely for the afternoon. Mainly sunny in the
AM, with increasing high clouds through the PM. Winds light from the W/SW
through early-PM, ending at SE.
Raptor Observations:
A fine flight for the last day of the season, with mixed kettles of
vultures, buteos and accipiters throughout the midday hours, a bay-crossing
Peregrine during the late-AM, and the year's final bird, a Bald Eagle
heading out to Delaware at 2:43pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
Red Crossbill (~40), Redhead (2), Cave Swallow (1), Tree Swallow (30), Palm
Warbler (1), Great Cormorant (1), White-winged Scoter (2), Forster's Tern
(7), Laughing Gull (5)
Predictions:
The weather for September 1, 2013 will hopefully involve northwest winds
and a friendly sky.
