Migration was halted to a slow and barely-there crawl yesterday with the howling south winds. Luckily today was a lot better (stay tuned for a blog post!).
Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 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 0 166 2241
Bald Eagle 0 32 204
Northern Harrier 0 26 255
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 519 5688
Cooper's Hawk 0 161 737
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2
Broad-winged Hawk 0 391 1036
Red-tailed Hawk 0 19 76
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 120 5550
Merlin 0 91 1136
Peregrine Falcon 10 315 652
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: 12 1882 17776
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.95 hours
Official Counter: Melissa Roach
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| Juvenile Cooper's Hawk |
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The White-crowned Sparrow (top) and Clay-colored Sparrow (bottom) discuss
very important sparrow business over lunch. |
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