Hawkwatch 23 October 2015


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                7             63             72
Turkey Vulture              25            391            521
Osprey                      13            545           3282
Bald Eagle                   7            125            307
Northern Harrier            69            381            595
Sharp-shinned Hawk         372           6553           8961
Cooper's Hawk              163           2977           3677
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          5             49             53
Broad-winged Hawk            3            143            276
Red-tailed Hawk             46            250            286
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 4             10             10
American Kestrel            27            644           2189
Merlin                      36            447           1045
Peregrine Falcon             5            189            395
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:                     782          12781          21692
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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:
Painfully clear blue skies all day with winds that start northwesterly but
soon shifted to NNE. Temps were moderate to warm for the date reaching the
low 60's 

Raptor Observations:
Four Golden Eagles, three visible at once, were huge crowd pleasers.
However several runs of Northern Harriers, besting our seasonal daily high
count for the season, were also quite satisfying.     

Non-raptor Observations:
Two Eurasian Wigeons, a couple of late Bobolinks, and quite a late run on
cormorants including one Great.

Predictions:
Slowish to not so slow or very slow. No Idea
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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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