Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 17 122 Turkey Vulture 187 312 1380 Osprey 0 15 3800 Bald Eagle 11 31 623 Northern Harrier 8 193 1050 Sharp-shinned Hawk 61 731 13792 Cooper's Hawk 21 159 3578 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 91 174 313 Broad-winged Hawk 2 11 734 Red-tailed Hawk 50 209 688 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 8 10 16 American Kestrel 2 91 4493 Merlin 0 28 1391 Peregrine Falcon 3 11 972 Unknown Accipiter 1 1 5 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: 445 1993 32963 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: Morning started cold(34F) and calm with very clear skies. Winds were light and variable for most of the day from NE to E to W to SW then S in the afternoon. Skies remained quite clear with a few thin clouds throughout the day. Temps reaching 50F. Raptor Observations: An interesting day with hardly any birds in the sky for the first 2 hours then they suddenly appeared, above and quite high. A large number of Turkey Vultures, Red-shoulders and Red-tails with the highlight of the day being 8 Golden Eagles. Flight started fizzling by noon when winds increased from the S/SW. Non-raptor Observations: A good mix of sparrows around this morning including song, savannah, swamp, field, dark-eyed junco, and vesper. Typical waterfowl on the pond as previous weeks with additional bufflehead(3), horned grebe(2), and hooded merganser(6). American Bittern(1) Predictions: Partly cloudy becoming sunnier, low 50's, and NW winds 5-10.
Hawkwatch – 8 November 2014
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