Hawkwatch - 31 October 2014

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2014
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                2             99            105
Turkey Vulture              65            951           1068
Osprey                       3           1616           3785
Bald Eagle                  11            291            592
Northern Harrier            13            681            857
Sharp-shinned Hawk         205           9813          13061
Cooper's Hawk               82           2565           3419
Northern Goshawk             0              2              2
Red-shouldered Hawk         20            132            139
Broad-winged Hawk            2            515            723
Red-tailed Hawk             54            369            479
Rough-legged Hawk            0              1              1
Golden Eagle                 0              6              6
American Kestrel             8           2164           4402
Merlin                       6            850           1363
Peregrine Falcon             1            648            961
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:                     472          20704          30970
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Observation start time: 06:15:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 9.75 hours

Official Counter:        Mary Raikes

Observers:        

Weather:
On the chillier side, 40F in the morning and a high of 55F.  Mostly cloudy
skies and winds from the North 5-10 mph.

Raptor Observations:
Some kettles formed in the late morning with quite a few Red-tails,
Red-shoulders, and vultures.  Flight was quite high overhead and by the
late afternoon shut down entirely with increasing clouds.

Non-raptor Observations:
Horned Lark(3), Redhead(1) on the pond, Blue Goose(1), good number of
Eastern Bluebirds(16 in flock), and over 500 gannets feeding on the rips in
the morning.

Predictions:
Rain moving in overnight, heavy at times during the day with winds from the
North 20-25mph.
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Cape May information may be found at:
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/