Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 156 156 156 Bald Eagle 4 4 4 Northern Harrier 2 2 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 3 3 3 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 2 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 8 8 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 177 177 177 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10.5 hours Official Counter: Cameron Cox Observers: Weather: Seasonable warm and humid with variable, largely west wind. Fair to good visibility with some haze. Raptor Observations: Excellent count of Osprey for this early in the season. Numbers of other species quite low though diversity was reasonably high. Non-raptor Observations: Tremendous flight of Bobolinks with well over 4000 observed lasting into late afternoon
Hawkwatch, 1 September 2015
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