Hawkwatch – 4 September 2014

[Cooper's Hawk hunting over Bunker Pond this afternoon. Photo by Tom Reed.]

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2014
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture               6             39             39
Osprey                      64            298            298
Bald Eagle                   2             13             13
Northern Harrier            14             36             36
Sharp-shinned Hawk           1              4              4
Cooper's Hawk                5             11             11
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              0
Broad-winged Hawk            5              7              7
Red-tailed Hawk              4              5              5
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel            72            212            212
Merlin                       4             14             14
Peregrine Falcon             0              1              1
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:                     177            640            640
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Observation start time: 05:15:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 10.75 hours

Official Counter:        Tom Reed

Observers:        

Weather:
Seasonably mild. Partly cloudy skies early became clear by mid-morning,
clouding over by midday; gradual clearing again through PM hours. Winds
calm to start, becoming light N->E ~5mph, eventually SE ~10mph by 0930EST.
Visibility very good throughout. 

Raptor Observations:
As expected, a very high movement of birds crossing Delaware Bay during AM
hours. Flight gradually diminished and became lower/more distant to the
north as SE winds took hold through PM hours.

Non-raptor Observations:
Excellent songbird flight. Select estimated totals incl. 7500 Bobolinks,
750 American Redstarts, 200 Northern Waterthrushes, 80 Yellow Warblers, 40
Black-and-white Warblers, 20 Red-eyed Vireos, 10 Chestnut-sided Warblers.
Also Connecticut Warbler (2), Wilson's Warbler (1), Blackburnian Warbler
(1), Palm Warbler (2), Yellow-rumped Warbler (1).

Predictions:
Fog early, then partly sunny; 81ºF, winds S 5-10mph. 
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Report submitted by Tom Reed (coturnicops@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/