Hawkwatch, 1 September 2015


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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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
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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

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