Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 7 82 88 Turkey Vulture 35 577 694 Osprey 19 1547 3716 Bald Eagle 24 221 522 Northern Harrier 30 476 652 Sharp-shinned Hawk 686 6740 9988 Cooper's Hawk 88 1940 2794 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 34 41 Broad-winged Hawk 5 455 663 Red-tailed Hawk 7 73 183 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 153 1898 4136 Merlin 33 753 1266 Peregrine Falcon 2 597 910 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 4 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: 1096 15400 25666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 skies becoming partly cloudy as the day progressed. Winds NW/W between 10-15 mph with gusts up to 22mph. Temperatures reaching 66F. Raptor Observations: Lots of sharpies all day with a good flight of harriers, bald eagles, and kestrels as well. First goshawk (immature) of the season. Non-raptor Observations: Still lots of ducks on the pond with Eurasian Widgeon(4). More interesting birds included: White Pelican(1), Bonaparte's Gull(1), and Iceland Gull(1). Predictions: NW winds overnight switching to West 8-15 mph. Sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-60's. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 24 October 2014
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