Hawkwatch - 1 September 2014

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2014
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture               0              0              0
Osprey                       5              5              5
Bald Eagle                   0              0              0
Northern Harrier             1              1              1
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              0              0
Cooper's Hawk                0              0              0
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              0
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0              0
Red-tailed Hawk              0              0              0
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             0              0              0
Merlin                       0              0              0
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
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

Total:                       6              6              6
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Observation start time: 05:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:15:00 
Total observation time: 11.25 hours

Official Counter:        Mary Raikes

Observers:        

Weather:
Very hot and humid. Light SW winds.  Late afternoon thunderstorm.

Raptor Observations:
Fairly slow flight day with light SW winds and heat. A handful of Ospreys
and one Northern Harrier passed through on a SW flight direction.

Non-raptor Observations:
Early morning shorebird movement of Lesser Yellowlegs (100+), Short-billed
Dowitchers(20), Pectoral Sandpipers (24), Solitary Sandpipers(19), Ruddy
Turnstone(1), Stilt Sandpiper(1), American Golden-Plover(1).

Rare Bird:  LONG-TAILED JAEGER(1).

Predictions:
Sunny, SW 5-10, high of 89.
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Cape May information may be found at:
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/