Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 78 183 Turkey Vulture 0 1010 2078 Osprey 0 24 3809 Bald Eagle 0 67 659 Northern Harrier 6 379 1236 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 1688 14749 Cooper's Hawk 3 408 3827 Northern Goshawk 0 4 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 478 617 Broad-winged Hawk 0 21 744 Red-tailed Hawk 1 867 1346 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 12 18 American Kestrel 0 116 4518 Merlin 1 53 1416 Peregrine Falcon 0 37 998 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: 17 5244 36214 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 15:45:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Partly cloudy skies all day with winds from the S/SW 5-10 mph. Quite calm and pleasant with temps reaching 54F. Raptor Observations: Fairly empty skies out there today with a few harriers and sharpies composing most of the flight in the first hour. Non-raptor Observations: American Bitterns(2)-interacting- one chasing the other. Fox(1) and Field Sparrow(2) feeding near platform. And still plenty of ducks to be seen! Predictions: Rain overnight and showers possible in the am. South winds 20-30 mph. Warm temps in the low 60's.
Hawkwatch – 23 November 2014
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