Hawkwatch 16 October 2015

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                2             42             51
Turkey Vulture              10            296            426
Osprey                      53            477           3214
Bald Eagle                   9             86            268
Northern Harrier            25            170            384
Sharp-shinned Hawk         336           4730           7138
Cooper's Hawk              198           2225           2925
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              9             13
Broad-winged Hawk            8            110            243
Red-tailed Hawk             16             89            125
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              4              4
American Kestrel            40            554           2099
Merlin                      51            331            929
Peregrine Falcon             5            167            373
Unknown Accipiter            0              6              8
Unknown Buteo                0              0              2
Unknown Falcon               0              0              3
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1
Swainson's Hawk              0              1              1
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                     753           9297          18208
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Observation start time: 06:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:30:00 
Total observation time: 10.5 hours

Official Counter:        Cameron Cox

Observers:        

Weather:


Raptor Observations:
The light-morph Swainson's Hawk from yesterday made an oh so brief
appearance but was seen later on other parts of Cape Island. It was a fair
day for Osprey and falcons for this late in the season. 

Non-raptor Observations:
The Eurasian Wigeon was showing off for much of the day, the Dickcissel was
again present, there was a huge movement of Yellow-rumped Warbler in the
first few hours of the day. At times flocks of hundreds were in the air.
Very impressive 

Predictions:
Northwest winds are in the forecast. It should be excellent
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Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://BirdCapeMay.org