Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 41 47 Turkey Vulture 0 59 176 Osprey 110 369 2538 Bald Eagle 5 33 334 Northern Harrier 8 41 217 Sharp-shinned Hawk 158 896 4144 Cooper's Hawk 47 363 1217 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 12 Broad-winged Hawk 1 31 239 Red-tailed Hawk 1 10 120 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 70 162 2400 Merlin 134 224 737 Peregrine Falcon 47 161 474 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: 582 2395 12661 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Winds starting from the S switching to the SW early morning and then finally NW for the afternoon (10-15mph). Scattered rain showers the first two hours then clearing and skies remaining mostly cloudy for the day. Raptor Observations: Slow in the morning then a nice flight as the clouds broke up and the sun came out. Lots of ospreys and a good merlin show for most of the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe(1), American Widgeon(13), Caspian Tern(2), Little Blue Heron(1). Predictions: Strong northwest winds overnight, then much cooler temperatures tomorrow (high of 61F) and winds west 10-15mph. ======================================================================== Cape May information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/
Hawkwatch - 4 October 2014
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