Seawatch, 5 October 2015

Counter: Tom Reed
Total for the day: 6,382
Total birds for the season: 25,040

10/05Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck112
BLSC - Black Scoter22511
BLSK - Black Skimmer13126
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull12
BRAN - Brant2137
BRPE - Brown Pelican4482
COLO - Common Loon2224
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant5,47411,558
DUNL - Dunlin2326
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species151859
FOTE - Forster's Tern13360
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull6217
GBHE - Great Blue Heron2134
GRCO - Great Cormorant18
GREG - Great Egret1011
HERG - Herring Gull21192
HUGO - Hudsonian Godwit11
LAGU - Laughing Gull2831,753
NOGA - Northern Gannet512
ROYT - Royal Tern19531
SNEG - Snowy Egret141141
SUSC - Surf Scoter85210
UNDU - Duck Species357
WRSA - White-rumped Sandpiper11
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Hawkwatch 4 October 2015 


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              9
Turkey Vulture               0              0            130
Osprey                      47            102           2839
Bald Eagle                   1              2            184
Northern Harrier             0              5            219
Sharp-shinned Hawk          13             22           2430
Cooper's Hawk                9             10            710
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              4
Broad-winged Hawk            1              2            135
Red-tailed Hawk              0              0             36
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel            15             39           1584
Merlin                      25             31            629
Peregrine Falcon            16             44            250
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              2
Unknown Buteo                0              0              2
Unknown Falcon               0              0              3
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                     127            257           9168
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Observation start time: 05:45:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 10.25 hours

Official Counter:        Cameron Cox

Observers:        

Weather:
A continuation of the unprecedented of NE winds gusting to almost 40 MPH at
times. Near complete cloud cover for most of the day. Temps around 60 

Raptor Observations:
Fairly small flight. Primarily Osprey with a few falcons. 

Non-raptor Observations:
Very little.
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Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://BirdCapeMay.org
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Seawatch, 4 October 2015

Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 1,621
Total birds for the season: 18,658

10/04Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck211
AMOY - American Oystercatcher816
BLSC - Black Scoter119489
BRPE - Brown Pelican1438
CATE - Caspian Tern12139
COLO - Common Loon424
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant8426,084
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species330708
FOTE - Forster's Tern3347
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull29211
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup1722
GRSC - Greater Scaup11
GWTE - Green-winged Teal238
HERG - Herring Gull41171
JAEGER-SP - Jaeger Species36
LAGU - Laughing Gull301,470
LBBG - Lesser Black-backed Gull24
NOGA - Northern Gannet17
NOPI - Northern Pintail2759
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger762
PEFA - Peregrine Falcon612
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull18
ROYT - Royal Tern10512
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone110
SAND - Sanderling2172
SMSHB-SP - Small Shorebird Species54121
STERNA-SP - Sterna Species375
SUSC - Surf Scoter21125
UNDU - Duck Species2954
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Hawkwatch 3 October 2015 


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              9
Turkey Vulture               0              0            130
Osprey                       0             55           2792
Bald Eagle                   0              1            183
Northern Harrier             0              5            219
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              9           2417
Cooper's Hawk                0              1            701
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              4
Broad-winged Hawk            0              1            134
Red-tailed Hawk              0              0             36
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             0             24           1569
Merlin                       0              6            604
Peregrine Falcon             1             28            234
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              2
Unknown Buteo                0              0              2
Unknown Falcon               0              0              3
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                       1            130           9041
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Observation start time: 05:45:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 9.25 hours

Official Counter:        Cameron Cox

Observers:        

Weather:
Obnoxiously strong NE winds all day, 

Raptor Observations:
One Peregrine Falcon was counted. One. Multiple other Peregrines and
Merlins were working the area all day but did not move though the area. 

Non-raptor Observations:
Over the course of the day I observed 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in a
wide variety plumages. A Marbled Godwit flew past as did a flock of 8
White-rumped Sandpipers.  

Predictions:
Better than one
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Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://BirdCapeMay.org
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Seawatch, 3 October 2015

Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 242
Total birds for the season: 17,037
10/03Season Totals
BLSC - Black Scoter26370
BRPE - Brown Pelican324
CATE - Caspian Tern3127
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species133378
FOTE - Forster's Tern1344
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull27182
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup35
HERG - Herring Gull8130
LAGU - Laughing Gull31,440
LBBG - Lesser Black-backed Gull12
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger255
ROYT - Royal Tern5502
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone19
SAND - Sanderling5170
SMSHB-SP - Small Shorebird Species167
SOTE - Sooty Tern24
SUSC - Surf Scoter15104
UNDU - Duck Species225
WWSC - White-winged Scoter12
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Hawkwatch 2 October 2015 


Cape May
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2015
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              9
Turkey Vulture               0              0            130
Osprey                       7             55           2792
Bald Eagle                   0              1            183
Northern Harrier             0              5            219
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              9           2417
Cooper's Hawk                0              1            701
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              4
Broad-winged Hawk            0              1            134
Red-tailed Hawk              0              0             36
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             3             24           1569
Merlin                       2              6            604
Peregrine Falcon             7             27            233
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              2
Unknown Buteo                0              0              2
Unknown Falcon               0              0              3
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1
Zone-tailed Hawk             0              0              1

Total:                      19            129           9040
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Observation start time: 05:45:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 9.25 hours

Official Counter:        Cameron Cox

Observers:        

Weather:
Wet, extremely windy, and generally awful. 

Raptor Observations:
Very few birds actually did anything but 6 Peregrines hung around for much
of the day and were often very close to the platform

Non-raptor Observations:
Uggghhhh....

Predictions:
Who knows
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Report submitted by Cameron Cox (Kumlieni@gmail.com)
Cape May information may be found at:
http://BirdCapeMay.org
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