Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 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 3 382 1239 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 1694 14755 Cooper's Hawk 1 409 3828 Northern Goshawk 0 4 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 478 617 Broad-winged Hawk 0 21 744 Red-tailed Hawk 1 868 1347 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 12 18 American Kestrel 0 116 4518 Merlin 0 53 1416 Peregrine Falcon 1 38 999 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: 12 5256 36226 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:45:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Started count late due to heavy fog in the am. Fog finally cleared out by 11:00. Steady South winds all day 15-20mph. Raptor Observations: Very slow out there with a handful of sharpies and a few harriers showing up as the fog cleared and the sun came out. Non-raptor Observations: American Bittern(2), Eurasian Wigeon(1). Predictions: Partly sunny, high near 55F, and winds NW 5-10.
Hawkwatch – 24 November 2014
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