Hawkwatch – 16 October 2014


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2014
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                0             66             72
Turkey Vulture              35            253            370
Osprey                     117           1292           3461
Bald Eagle                   5            146            447
Northern Harrier            34            221            397
Sharp-shinned Hawk         364           3906           7154
Cooper's Hawk              109           1256           2110
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          1             11             18
Broad-winged Hawk           22            403            611
Red-tailed Hawk              1             27            137
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              2              2
American Kestrel            12           1019           3257
Merlin                      15            473            986
Peregrine Falcon            44            490            803
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:                     759           9565          19831
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Official Counter:        Tom Reed

Observers:        

Weather:
Mild. Mostly sunny; high 73ºF; winds SW 5-10mph. Visibility good.

Raptor Observations:
A high and distant flight that gradually developed through the late-AM and
peaked during the early-PM.

Non-raptor Observations:
Eurasian Wigeon (3), Pectoral Sandpiper (49), Eastern Kingbird (1)

Predictions:
Sunny; 72ºF; winds W @ 10mph. 

No comments:

Post a Comment