Hawkwatch - 29 September 2014

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2014
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              6              6
Turkey Vulture               0            117            117
Osprey                      29           2127           2127
Bald Eagle                   1            296            296
Northern Harrier             7            168            168
Sharp-shinned Hawk         114           3049           3049
Cooper's Hawk               18            763            763
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              4              4
Broad-winged Hawk            3            187            187
Red-tailed Hawk              0            107            107
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel            26           2195           2195
Merlin                      10            505            505
Peregrine Falcon            21            275            275
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             0              1              1

Total:                     229           9805           9805
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Observation start time: 06:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 10 hours

Official Counter:        Mary Raikes

Observers:        

Weather:
Mostly cloudy all day with high humidity and very little wind.  Winds 0-5
mph coming off the water from the west, southwest, and south.

Raptor Observations:
Fairly slow day with the majority of the flight in the am; very slow
afternoon hours.  Flight, however, was much lower than the past few days
with most of the accipiters and falcons passing above the treeline to the
north of the platform.

Non-raptor Observations:
Good movement of Blue Jays in the am(50+), Caspian Tern(4), American
Bittern(1) on back of Bunker Pond shore, American Widgeon, Gadwall, Blue
and Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe(1), Little Blue Heron(1),
Double-crested cormorant flocks(300+).

Predictions:
Cloudy with a chance of rain in the am, then clearing and sunny with winds
from the southeast 5-10mph. Temperatures reaching 72F.
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Cape May information may be found at:
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/