Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 4 71 77 Turkey Vulture 36 313 430 Osprey 49 1400 3569 Bald Eagle 10 164 465 Northern Harrier 30 266 442 Sharp-shinned Hawk 369 4467 7715 Cooper's Hawk 122 1457 2311 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 15 22 Broad-winged Hawk 8 419 627 Red-tailed Hawk 3 32 142 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 142 1180 3418 Merlin 51 543 1056 Peregrine Falcon 23 533 846 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: 849 10862 21128 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Winds were light(5-10mph) from the west/southwest in the morning increasing and switching to northwest/west in the afternoon with gusts up to 20mph. Skies with most cloudy in the am and then clearing and becoming partly cloudy in the late afternoon. Pleasant temperatures in reaching 70F. Raptor Observations: A nice flight today with lots of accipiters in the morning and then a decent falcon flight in the afternoon. Flight was lower than it has been and following the treeline to the north and the dunes. Non-raptor Observations: Cliff swallow(2), Stilt sandpiper(2), Lesser Black-backed Gull(1), Caspian Tern(2), Eurasian Widgeon(2), Blue Jays and Fish Crow flocks. Predictions: Northwest winds 20-25mph, becoming mostly sunny with temperatures only reaching 58F. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 18 October 2014
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