Seawatch, 29 November 2015

Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 6,447
Total birds for the season: 819,601

11/29Season Totals
AMOY - American Oystercatcher61,741
AMPI - American Pipit128
BLSC - Black Scoter989105,526
BRAN - Brant335,477
BUFF - Bufflehead241,107
COEI - Common Eider141
COLO - Common Loon211,790
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant349186,470
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species55069,893
FOTE - Forster's Tern3018,234
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull221,165
GBHE - Great Blue Heron8256
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup311,309
GRSC - Greater Scaup34548
GWTE - Green-winged Teal489,769
HERG - Herring Gull4227,364
LAGU - Laughing Gull13636,362
LBBG - Lesser Black-backed Gull246
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck14275
NOGA - Northern Gannet7789,237
NOPI - Northern Pintail11,156
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger2624
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper27333
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull3388,937
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser42991
REKN - Red Knot6335
RNDU - Ring-necked Duck230
RTLO - Red-throated Loon2,29273,598
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone4195
SAND - Sanderling62,549
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species12452,247
SNGO - Snow Goose1958
SUSC - Surf Scoter758113,525
UNDU - Duck Species232,140
WWSC - White-winged Scoter5388

Hawkwatch 28 November 2015


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0             39            142
Turkey Vulture               0            150            724
Osprey                       0             14           3345
Bald Eagle                   0             63            408
Northern Harrier             5            251            939
Sharp-shinned Hawk          16            769          10481
Cooper's Hawk                3            387           4352
Northern Goshawk             0              1              1
Red-shouldered Hawk          2            270            367
Broad-winged Hawk            0              2            286
Red-tailed Hawk             11            739           1213
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              6             16
American Kestrel             1             18           2237
Merlin                       0             31           1119
Peregrine Falcon             0             27            437
Unknown Accipiter            0              0             14
Unknown Buteo                0              2              5
Unknown Falcon               0              1              4
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              2
Swainson's Hawk              0              1              3
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                      38           2771          26096
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Observation start time: 07:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 9 hours

Official Counter:        Cameron Cox

Observers:        

Weather:
Warm temperatures and light south wind with light high cloud cover in the
morning and heavy overcast in the late afternoon. 

Raptor Observations:
A trickle of birds seeped through for about an hour midday but a bare
trickle with very few birds in the morning and late afternoon

Non-raptor Observations:


Predictions:
Rain. It will be slow
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Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://BirdCapeMay.org


Seawatch, 28 November 2015

Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 3,485
Total birds for the season: 813,154

11/28Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck81,741
AMPI - American Pipit127
BLSC - Black Scoter133104,537
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull21,597
COHA - Cooper's Hawk13
COLO - Common Loon151,769
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant1186,121
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species12169,343
FOTE - Forster's Tern2818,204
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull241,143
HERG - Herring Gull226,942
JAEGER-SP - Jaeger Species127
LAGU - Laughing Gull19036,226
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck1261
MONARCH - Monarch Butterfly1--
NOGA - Northern Gannet73389,160
NOHA - Northern Harrier116
NOPI - Northern Pintail41,155
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger2622
PISI - Pine Siskin140
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull1928,599
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser13949
RTLO - Red-throated Loon1,54871,306
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species11152,123
SUSC - Surf Scoter331112,767
WWSC - White-winged Scoter1383

Hawkwatch, 27 November 2015


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0             39            142
Turkey Vulture              14            150            724
Osprey                       0             14           3345
Bald Eagle                   1             63            408
Northern Harrier             1            246            934
Sharp-shinned Hawk          17            753          10465
Cooper's Hawk                4            384           4349
Northern Goshawk             0              1              1
Red-shouldered Hawk          3            268            365
Broad-winged Hawk            0              2            286
Red-tailed Hawk              5            728           1202
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              6             16
American Kestrel             0             17           2236
Merlin                       0             31           1119
Peregrine Falcon             0             27            437
Unknown Accipiter            0              0             14
Unknown Buteo                0              2              5
Unknown Falcon               0              1              4
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              2
Swainson's Hawk              0              1              3
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                      45           2733          26058
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Observation start time: 07:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 9 hours

Official Counter:        Tom Reed

Observers:        

Weather:
Mostly sunny with near-record warmth. Winds light/variable. 

Raptor Observations:
A bit of activity during the early-PM, otherwise pretty quiet. 

Non-raptor Observations:
Tundra Swan (1), Virginia Rail (3), Barn Swallow (2), Cave Swallow (1),
Lapland Longspur (1), Palm Warbler (1), Dickcissel (1), Common Redpoll (1).

Seawatch, 27 November 2015

Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 3,515
Total birds for a season: 809,669

11/27Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck11,733
AMPI - American Pipit126
BAEA - Bald Eagle133
BLSC - Black Scoter369104,404
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull31,595
BRAN - Brant9005,444
BUCKEYE - Common Buckeye Butterfly1--
COEI - Common Eider140
COLO - Common Loon41,754
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant25186,120
DUNL - Dunlin863,757
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species26169,222
FOTE - Forster's Tern418,176
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull81,119
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup161,278
GWTE - Green-winged Teal79,721
HERG - Herring Gull196,920
LAGU - Laughing Gull836,036
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck3260
MALL - Mallard198
MONARCH - Monarch Butterfly1--
NOGA - Northern Gannet19188,427
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger1620
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper40306
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull368,407
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser28936
RTLO - Red-throated Loon72769,758
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone6191
SAND - Sanderling82,543
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species24052,012
SNBU - Snow Bunting12
SULPHURC - Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly1--
SUSC - Surf Scoter515112,436
WWSC - White-winged Scoter3382
YRWA - Yellow-rumped Warbler2494