Hawkwatch - Thursday, September 20, 2018

Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2018
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              8              8
Turkey Vulture              14            132            132
Osprey                     281           2045           2045
Bald Eagle                  20            131            131
Northern Harrier             4             72             72
Sharp-shinned Hawk          90            355            355
Cooper's Hawk               29            173            173
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              0
Broad-winged Hawk            9             44             44
Red-tailed Hawk              1             22             22
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel           111           1041           1041
Merlin                      37            405            405
Peregrine Falcon            47            165            165
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

Total:                     643           4593           4593
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Observation start time: 05:30:00 
Observation end   time: 16:30:00 
Total observation time: 11 hours
 
 
Weather: 
Seasonable with variable clouds, 69->73ºF, winds E 10-15mph
 
 
Raptor Observations: 
Fair liftoff of Kestrels and Sharp-shinned Hawks, 
occasional pulses of Osprey, some Bald Eagles and Peregrines during the midday.


Non-raptor Observations:
Common Loon 3, Pied-billed Grebe 0, Great Blue Heron 15, Brown Pelican 4,
Double-crested Cormorant 818, Semipalmated Plover 1, Killdeer 1,
White-rumped Sandpiper 2, Pectoral Sandpiper 9, Wilson's Snipe 1, Solitary
Sandpiper 3, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1, Blue-grey
Gnatcatcher 1, Red-breasted Nuthatch 1, House Finch 11, Savannah Sparrow 1,
Bobolink 50, Red-winged Blackbird 4, Ovenbird 1, Northern Waterthrush 1,
Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 4, Cape May Warbler 7,
Northern Parula 4, Magnolia Warbler 1, Yellow Warbler 1, Chestnut-sided
Warbler 1, Blackpoll Warbler 4, Palm Warbler 10, Yellow-rumped Warbler 1,
Prairie Warbler 1, Dickcissel 1, Indigo Bunting 1, warbler sp.  3, bat sp.
1

Predictions:
Partly sunny, 75ºF, winds S 5-15mph 

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