Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 56 65 Turkey Vulture 17 357 487 Osprey 6 528 3265 Bald Eagle 2 117 299 Northern Harrier 28 292 506 Sharp-shinned Hawk 283 5839 8247 Cooper's Hawk 116 2791 3491 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 44 48 Broad-winged Hawk 1 140 273 Red-tailed Hawk 3 200 236 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 6 6 American Kestrel 5 608 2153 Merlin 7 400 998 Peregrine Falcon 3 178 384 Unknown Accipiter 0 12 14 Unknown Buteo 0 0 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Zone-tailed Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 473 11570 20481 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Tom Reed Observers: Weather: Mild and mostly sunny. Winds W/SW 5-10mph during AM, becoming S/SE 10-15mph during PM. Raptor Observations: A small pulse of accipiters during the late-AM; some Harriers throughout. Non-raptor Observations: Parasitic Jaeger (~10), Dickcissel (1) Predictions: Sunny, 69ºF, winds SW 10mph.
Hawkwatch, 21 October 2015
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