Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 5 5 Turkey Vulture 0 95 95 Osprey 61 1672 1672 Bald Eagle 7 219 219 Northern Harrier 5 113 113 Sharp-shinned Hawk 89 1494 1494 Cooper's Hawk 7 364 364 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 1 73 73 Red-tailed Hawk 1 67 67 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 17 1287 1287 Merlin 17 295 295 Peregrine Falcon 12 76 76 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 218 5768 5768 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 11 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Light and variable winds starting from the NE, but also blowing from the E, N, W, and NW. Mostly cloudy all day with high humidity and temps in the low 70's. Raptor Observations: Very quiet on both ends of the day, but with small mixed kettles forming mid-day. Ospreys moved mostly to the south of the platform, and sharp-shins followed the north tree-line and formed small kettles as well. Non-raptor Observations: Caspian Terns(2), Common Terns, Forster's Terns, Black-crowned Nightheron(2), Little Blue Heron(1), Northern Pintail, American Widgeon, Green and Blue winged Teal, Pied-billed grebe(1), Glossy Ibis(4), Pectoral Sandpipers(7). Predictions: Sunny, high of 70, with winds from the northwest 15-18mph. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 21 September 2014
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment