Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 6 6 Turkey Vulture 0 102 102 Osprey 38 1845 1845 Bald Eagle 0 270 270 Northern Harrier 3 140 140 Sharp-shinned Hawk 97 2034 2034 Cooper's Hawk 9 476 476 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 154 154 Red-tailed Hawk 0 89 89 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 31 1933 1933 Merlin 17 382 382 Peregrine Falcon 29 142 142 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: 224 7582 7582 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10.25 hours Official Counter: Tom Reed Observers: Weather: Seasonable. Overcast; 14-21ºC, winds E 10-15mph during early-AM, becoming E 20mph w/ gusts to 35mph. Visibility excellent->good->fair as day progressed. Raptor Observations: A light but steady movement during the AM hours, followed a small pulse of Osprey and Peregrines during the mid-PM. Non-raptor Observations: Vesper Sparrow (1), Rusty Blackbird (1), Parasitic Jaeger (2) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19932129 Predictions: AM rain; winds NE 10-20mph. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Tom Reed (coturnicops@gmail.com) Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch – 24 September 2014
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