Hawkwatch – 1 October 2014

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2014
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                1              1              7
Turkey Vulture              24             24            141
Osprey                      76             76           2245
Bald Eagle                   9              9            310
Northern Harrier            11             11            187
Sharp-shinned Hawk         459            459           3707
Cooper's Hawk               87             87            941
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          1              1              8
Broad-winged Hawk           16             16            224
Red-tailed Hawk              2              2            112
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel            50             50           2288
Merlin                      23             23            536
Peregrine Falcon            18             18            331
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              3
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              1
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                     777            777          11043
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Observation start time: 05:30:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 10.5 hours

Official Counter:        Tom Reed

Observers:        

Weather:
Mild and pleasant. Winds NE/N 5–10mph; high temp 73F; variable
cloudiness; visibility good. 

Raptor Observations:
A few decent pulses of accipiters during the late-AM; small numbers of most
everything else throughout the day. 

Non-raptor Observations:
COMMON RAVEN (1, first at Cape May since 1997), Black-capped Chickadee (1,
long-staying local rarity); Pectoral Sandpiper (25+), Parasitic Jaeger (2),
Common Nighthawk (2), Cape May Warbler (1)

Predictions:
Partly sunny, 73F, winds N 10–15mph
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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/