Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 6 6 Turkey Vulture 13 117 117 Osprey 71 2035 2035 Bald Eagle 10 292 292 Northern Harrier 9 157 157 Sharp-shinned Hawk 443 2732 2732 Cooper's Hawk 76 681 681 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 18 180 180 Red-tailed Hawk 13 107 107 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 67 2083 2083 Merlin 39 490 490 Peregrine Falcon 32 214 214 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 Zone-tailed Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 792 9104 9104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10.25 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Zero cloud coverage today with light and variable winds for most of the day. Starting from the N in the early morning then NE, switching to NW mid-day, and then S/SE/SW in the afternoon. Temperatures reaching 77F. Raptor Observations: ZONE-TAILED HAWK: seen first in small kettle over bunker 0945(EST), then headed north, circled back high over platform and headed SW from point over Delaware Bay. Lots of sharp-shinned hawks in the morning followed by a really, really high flight in the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe(1), American Widgeon(7), Little Blue Heron, Black Skimmer(10), Caspian Tern(1). Large flocks of Blue Jays(50+). Predictions: Sunny, mid-70's, winds light and variable E/SE 0-5mph. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 27 September 2014
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