Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com) Cape May information may be found at: http://BirdCapeMay.org
Hawkwatch 10 October 2015
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