Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 13 18 18 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 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 2 2 2 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: 15 21 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:30:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 11.5 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Very hot with light S/SW winds. Raptor Observations: Overall fairly slow day. Early afternoon flight of ospreys thermaling then heading out, as well as two female kestrels. Non-raptor Observations: Small movement of shorebirds: Least Sandpipers(80), Lesser Yellowlegs(40) and Pectoral Sandpipers(15). Other interesting birds included a Brown Pelican heading east. Predictions: Winds shifting west after midnight. Sunny, low 80's, west winds 6-9mph. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 2 September 2014
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