Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 66 72 Turkey Vulture 0 218 335 Osprey 1 1163 3332 Bald Eagle 0 141 442 Northern Harrier 3 180 356 Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 3483 6731 Cooper's Hawk 8 1129 1983 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 9 16 Broad-winged Hawk 0 380 588 Red-tailed Hawk 0 25 135 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 3 998 3236 Merlin 7 450 963 Peregrine Falcon 8 415 728 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: 64 8659 18925 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 with rain/sprinkles/mist/fog/low visibility starting at 0800EST. Southeast winds from 5-10mph. Raptor Observations: Accipiters moving in the am, but flight stopped with rain and low clouds. A handful of falcons passed by low in the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: Great Cormorant(1). Lots of activity on the pond including Eurasian Widgeon(3), American Widgeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Gallinule. Predictions: Partly sunny, southeast winds 10-20mph. High of 73F. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 13 October 2014
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