Sunday's rain continued into Monday morning but finally cleared out of Cape May by mid-morning. The howling West winds, however, continued. There wasn't a strong movement of migrating raptors but the Tree Swallow flock was just mesmerizing!! It was super fun to watch and felt like a dream. This will be a short post so we can hurry up and get to Tuesday's recap because it was AMAZING.
Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 4 4 Turkey Vulture 0 189 340 Osprey 23 586 2661 Bald Eagle 8 139 311 Northern Harrier 5 249 478 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 3625 8794 Cooper's Hawk 9 832 1408 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 80 82 Broad-winged Hawk 0 470 1115 Red-tailed Hawk 3 134 191 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 1 1397 6827 Merlin 27 908 1953 Peregrine Falcon 2 751 1088 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: 105 9370 25264 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.67 hours Official Counter: Melissa Roach
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| Tree Swallows galore! |
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| Osprey |
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| An adult male Northern Harrier flying low over Bunker Pond. |
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| Red-throated Loon |
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| This American Golden-Plover flew overhead. |
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