Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 17 122 Turkey Vulture 0 312 1380 Osprey 0 15 3800 Bald Eagle 0 31 623 Northern Harrier 18 211 1068 Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 789 13850 Cooper's Hawk 27 186 3605 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 178 317 Broad-winged Hawk 0 11 734 Red-tailed Hawk 13 222 701 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 10 16 American Kestrel 1 92 4494 Merlin 2 30 1393 Peregrine Falcon 5 16 977 Unknown Accipiter 0 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: 128 2121 33091 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Mary Raikes Observers: Weather: A pleasant day with winds much calmer than the prior several days; very light 0-5 mph from the W/NW. Skies were mostly cloudy all day and temperatures were around 54 all day. Raptor Observations: A fairly slow day with the majority of the flight between 10:00am and 1:00pm. Accipiters making up the bulk of the flight along with high streaming harriers and several red-tails. Non-raptor Observations: WHITE PELICAN landed on pond (10:35am) and circled the point for a good 20 minutes or more. Typical pond visitors including American Bittern(1), Eurasian Widgeon(2), Buffleheads, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Ducks, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Ducks, American Coot, American Widgeon, etc. Predictions: Mostly sunny, mid 50's, winds light and variable becoming northeast 0-5mph.
Hawkwatch – 9 November 2014
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