Hawkwatch 30 October 2015

Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture               12             81             90
Turkey Vulture               5            416            546
Osprey                       4            591           3328
Bald Eagle                  15            153            335
Northern Harrier            32            450            664
Sharp-shinned Hawk         201           7212           9620
Cooper's Hawk               58           3193           3893
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk         16             75             79
Broad-winged Hawk            5            149            282
Red-tailed Hawk             54            366            402
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0             10             10
American Kestrel            21            672           2217
Merlin                      12            487           1085
Peregrine Falcon             4            204            410
Unknown Accipiter            0             12             14
Unknown Buteo                1              1              3
Unknown Falcon               0              0              3
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              1              2
Swainson's Hawk              0              2              2
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                     440          14075          22986
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Observation start time: 06:15:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 9.75 hours

Official Counter:        Cameron Cox

Observers:        

Weather:
Moderate to cool temperatures with clear blue skies all day. The winds were
light to moderate out of the NNW.

Raptor Observations:
Best daily totals for the season for Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks.
One of the better days for Bald Eagle since September. Northern Harriers
put in a fairly strong showing including 7 gray ghosts. All the typical
raptors present in small numbers.  

Non-raptor Observations:
Excellent flight of of American Robins and Yellow-rumped Warblers early.
Fair numbers of blackbirds included a sprinkling of Rusty Blackbirds. The
first Bufflehead of the season were present on Bunker Pond and at least one
Eurasian Wigeon was in and out.  

Predictions:
Cool temps overnight and predicted WNW winds tomorrow should make for an
excellent day
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Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://BirdCapeMay.org