Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 9 Turkey Vulture 0 0 130 Osprey 0 55 2792 Bald Eagle 0 1 183 Northern Harrier 0 5 219 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 9 2417 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 701 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 134 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 36 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 24 1569 Merlin 0 6 604 Peregrine Falcon 1 28 234 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2 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: 1 130 9041 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:45:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9.25 hours Official Counter: Cameron Cox Observers: Weather: Obnoxiously strong NE winds all day, Raptor Observations: One Peregrine Falcon was counted. One. Multiple other Peregrines and Merlins were working the area all day but did not move though the area. Non-raptor Observations: Over the course of the day I observed 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in a wide variety plumages. A Marbled Godwit flew past as did a flock of 8 White-rumped Sandpipers. Predictions: Better than one ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com) Cape May information may be found at: http://BirdCapeMay.org
Hawkwatch 3 October 2015
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