Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 10 52 61 Turkey Vulture 44 340 470 Osprey 26 503 3240 Bald Eagle 8 94 276 Northern Harrier 22 192 406 Sharp-shinned Hawk 467 5197 7605 Cooper's Hawk 204 2429 3129 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 19 23 Broad-winged Hawk 13 123 256 Red-tailed Hawk 27 116 152 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 5 5 American Kestrel 22 576 2121 Merlin 25 356 954 Peregrine Falcon 3 170 376 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: 882 10179 19090 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Cameron Cox Observers: Weather: Cool with light to moderate NW wind all day. Cloud cover varied dramatically ranging from 10-80% Raptor Observations: The fourth Golden Eagle of the season was the no question highlight of all the raptors observed. It dropped into one of the banding stations and picked up some jewelry. Otherwise a pretty typical Cape May Accipiter flight. Non-raptor Observations: Continuing Eurasian Wigeon, Dickcissel, and a nice show of many of the late season warblers lurking around the platform. Predictions: Quite a cold day is predicted with more NW winds so another solid day is likely. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com) Cape May information may be found at: http://BirdCapeMay.org
Hawkwatch 17 October 2015
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