Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 52 157 Turkey Vulture 0 651 1719 Osprey 0 21 3806 Bald Eagle 0 52 644 Northern Harrier 1 315 1172 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1548 14609 Cooper's Hawk 0 356 3775 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 382 521 Broad-winged Hawk 0 21 744 Red-tailed Hawk 0 688 1167 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 11 17 American Kestrel 0 115 4517 Merlin 0 46 1409 Peregrine Falcon 0 33 994 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 5 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 2 Zone-tailed Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 2 4294 35264 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 10:30:00 Total observation time: 3.75 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Suboptimal conditions out there. Cloudy skies with low visibility early, then complete fog socked in by 10:00am. Fog was followed by strong SW/S winds and a thunderstorm with heavy rain as a front moved through. Count was ended early due to weather conditions. Raptor Observations: Nothing moving out there, except for same banded adult Coop still apparently hunting ducks on the pond. Non-raptor Observations: Not too many ducks on the pond this morning, but still good variety: Eurasian Wigeon(1), American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Gadwall, American Coot, Ring-necked Duck, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Bufflehead(2), and Hooded Merganser(1). Also, Pied-billed Grebe(2), American Bittern(2), and Wilson's Snipe(1). Predictions: Partly cloudy and windy. Temps much colder (in the mid 30's) with winds from the west 25-30 mph with gusts up to 43mph.
Hawkwatch – 17 November 2014
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