A stark contrast to Monday's total of 12 raptors! We had just over 700 birds counted today, and 169 were Peregrine Falcons, our first day with over 100 of these gorgeous predators. While the flight line was centered north of the platform, we still had close views of all three falcon species, as well as lots of other land birds throughout the day. Check out the totals below. We're slowly creeping up to 20,000 hawks for the season.
Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 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 42 193
Osprey 74 240 2315
Bald Eagle 15 47 219
Northern Harrier 15 41 270
Sharp-shinned Hawk 132 651 5820
Cooper's Hawk 42 203 779
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 3
Broad-winged Hawk 3 394 1039
Red-tailed Hawk 2 21 78
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 209 329 5759
Merlin 54 145 1190
Peregrine Falcon 169 484 821
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 716 2598 18492
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10.18 hours
Official Counter: Melissa Roach
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| Ruddy Ducks in the early morning light. |
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| There are just a FEW Yellow-rumped Warblers around Cape May the past few days. |
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| A Northern Flicker catches its breath atop a pine. |
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A lovely specimen of a Cooper's Hawk. Notice the rounded tail, protruding head,
and clean/crisp streaking on the breast. |
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| A Merlin making funky shapes. |
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