Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 25 25 Osprey 67 811 811 Bald Eagle 2 45 45 Northern Harrier 3 53 53 Sharp-shinned Hawk 46 99 99 Cooper's Hawk 9 49 49 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 14 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 3 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 59 279 279 Merlin 11 62 62 Peregrine Falcon 3 16 16 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 1 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 201 1464 1464 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10.5 hours Official Counter: Cameron Cox Observers: Weather: 100% cloud cover with light east wind for most of the day. Rain, heavy at times, began at about 1:30 and shut down what had been a reasonable flight prior. It cleared at 3:30 but few birds moved after the rain. Raptor Observations: Kestrels started the day, than Sharp-shinned added to the flight, finally soon before the rain Osprey started moving. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of warblers were flying early particularly American Redstarts and Northern Waterthrushes. Scarcer highlights include a Canada Warbler and several Blackpoll Warblers. One Dickcissel flew over and another skulked in the grass in front of the hawk watch platform. Predictions: Predictions for winds to turn west tomorrow. If this occurs early enough tomorrow could be a reasonably good day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com) Cape May information may be found at: http://BirdCapeMay.org
Hawkwatch, 12 September 2015
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