Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 6 88 94 Turkey Vulture 72 649 766 Osprey 13 1560 3729 Bald Eagle 16 237 538 Northern Harrier 48 524 700 Sharp-shinned Hawk 267 7007 10255 Cooper's Hawk 55 1995 2849 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 35 42 Broad-winged Hawk 25 480 688 Red-tailed Hawk 25 98 208 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 6 6 American Kestrel 37 1935 4173 Merlin 6 759 1272 Peregrine Falcon 8 605 918 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: 580 15980 26246 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: A very pleasant day with temperatures in the high 60's. Winds started light from the NW and switched to W then SW in the afternoon. Very clear skies with no cloud coverage all day. Raptor Observations: A fairly high, far away flight with large kettles of turkey vultures mixed with other raptors including accipiters, broad-wings and harriers. Non-raptor Observations: An impressive morning flight with huge numbers of American Robin, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Other movements included sparrows sp., thrush sp., kinglet sp., finch sp., eastern meadowlark, and dark-eyed juncos. Also, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher(1). Predictions: Sunny, mid-60's, strong northwest winds 20-30mph. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 25 October 2014
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