Hawkwatch 10 October 2015


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              8             17
Turkey Vulture              14             89            219
Osprey                      24            269           3006
Bald Eagle                   8             39            221
Northern Harrier             8             66            280
Sharp-shinned Hawk         141           2966           5374
Cooper's Hawk               92           1361           2061
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          1              3              7
Broad-winged Hawk            2             49            182
Red-tailed Hawk              5             16             52
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 1              2              2
American Kestrel            24            366           1911
Merlin                      13            203            801
Peregrine Falcon             5            127            333
Unknown Accipiter            1              4              6
Unknown Buteo                0              0              2
Unknown Falcon               0              0              3
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                     339           5568          14479
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Observation start time: 06:00:00 
Observation end   time: 17:00:00 
Total observation time: 11 hours

Official Counter:        Cameron Cox

Observers:        

Weather:
A small front passed through the night before but the west winds following
the front were very short lived and the winds quickly went NE.  

Raptor Observations:
Fairly slow day punctuated by the second Golden Eagle of the season.

Non-raptor Observations:
The Big Sit day so many people were up on the watch finding 149 species.
Yellow-breasted Chat, Common Gallinule, Long-billed Dowitcher, and American
Golden-Plover were some of the highlights
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Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://BirdCapeMay.org

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