Time to play catch up with the blogs: the birding has just been TOO good the past few days - who has time for blogs??
Normally, I only count the Hawkwatch on Mondays and Tuesdays, but was happy to take the Thursday shift while our ever-friendly Erik is out of town. While no where CLOSE to being as good as Wednesdays amazing flight of 3,850 raptors, we still enjoyed an excellent movement of birds (859) with loads of Sharp-shinned Hawks and American Kestrels. We were also treated to a single Wood Stork circling over for quite some time.
Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2017
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 55 55
Osprey 68 1296 1296
Bald Eagle 12 93 93
Northern Harrier 5 63 63
Sharp-shinned Hawk 528 3453 3453
Cooper's Hawk 42 194 194
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 27 197 197
Red-tailed Hawk 4 39 39
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 130 2234 2234
Merlin 35 430 430
Peregrine Falcon 8 70 70
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 859 8126 8126
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Observation start time: 05:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10.33 hours
Official Counter: Melissa Roach
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| The classic shape of a Sharp-shinned Hawk overhead. |
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| This Merlin was neat with some obvious molt in the wings and tail. |
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| And our biggest falcon, the Peregrine. Their migration should be gearing up soon. |
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| It's not only raptors! One of the Cape May Wood Storks just as it passed a Sharp-shinned Hawk. |
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