Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 88 94 Turkey Vulture 0 649 766 Osprey 5 1574 3743 Bald Eagle 16 261 562 Northern Harrier 25 574 750 Sharp-shinned Hawk 249 7582 10830 Cooper's Hawk 96 2150 3004 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 41 48 Broad-winged Hawk 9 492 700 Red-tailed Hawk 50 161 271 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 6 6 American Kestrel 9 2016 4254 Merlin 3 795 1308 Peregrine Falcon 2 616 929 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: 470 17008 27274 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Very, very clear skies today with light NW winds in the morning and W in the afternoon. Temperatures reaching 64F. Raptor Observations: A slow morning with mainly accipiters and then some really nice kettles mid-day with lots of Red-tails. Flight dropped off in the afternoon with only a handful of really really high birds. Non-raptor Observations: Noticeable movement of Eastern Meadowlark, American Robin, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbird, and Brown-headed Cowbirds in the morning. Two V's of Snow Geese(22 and 19) and 1 Blue Goose on the pond. Still lots of ducks on the pond including Eurasian Widgeon(3). Predictions: Sunny, with a few clouds, and south winds 9-13 mph. Warm temps with 74F as a high. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 27 October 2014
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