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CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH: SEPTEMBER 1-15, 2023

September 28, 2023 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Hey everyone! My name is Aidan Place and I am the new Hawkwatch Counter here at Cape May. I’m extremely excited to be spending the season here and am looking forward to sharing my experiences through this blog. As always, we thank Swarovski Optik for their continued and generous support…...

CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH: Mid-September Update

October 4, 2022 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Osprey. Photo by Gautam Apte. This past week has continued to bring great numbers of birds past the hawkwatch, putting our season total over 8,000 birds so far! Several cold fronts have brought many Sharp-shinned Hawks our way and this is shaping up to be the best season for that…...

CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH: Early-September Update

September 13, 2022 Tom Reed Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

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Final Cape May Hawkwatch Update: November 19th – 30th

December 6, 2021 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

After ninety-one consecutive days of counting migrating birds of prey, the 2021 autumn season has officially ended. Keep reading to find out the grand total of raptors counted this season! First, I need to cover the final leg of the season. After a slow start to the beginning of November,…...

Cape May Hawkwatch Update: November 5th – 18th

November 18, 2021 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Just like every hawkwatch in the northeastern US, the daily totals follow a bell curve throughout the fall season. They start out low in September and slowly increase until they peak in October and then slowly decrease throughout November. Unfortunately, the totals seem to be dropping rapidly during the first…...

Cape May Hawkwatch Update: October 22nd – November 4th

November 5, 2021 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

We may have turned the corner and are squarely in the back half of the 2021 fall season, but there is no sign of slowing down at the Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik! On October 27th a whopping 1,197 migrating raptors were tallied, including 668 Sharp-shinned Hawks. An…...

Cape May Hawkwatch Update: October 8th – October 21st

October 26, 2021 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

We are smack dab in the heart of raptor migration in Cape May. Hundreds of visitors time their vacations to be in Cape May during the middle of October. The biggest raptor flights are nearly guaranteed to occur in this time frame, and any bird found in the United States…...

Cape May Hawkwatch Update: September 24th to October 7th

October 7, 2021 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

The Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik, is already one third finished! Hard to believe the month of September is already in the books. A grand total of 8,827 raptors were tallied during the first month. To put that in perspective, the September average for the previous 5 years…...

Cape May Hawkwatch Update: Sept 10th – 23rd

September 30, 2021 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Hard to believe that we are already 3 weeks into the 2021 season at the Cape May Hawkwatch sponsored by Swarovski Optik. The headliner during the first 3 weeks were, no doubt, Ospreys. All but one day during this period saw double digit Ospreys and 6 of those days were…...

Cape May Hawkwatch – September 1st to 9th

September 13, 2021 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Hello, NJ Audubon blog readers! This is Jesse Amesbury, returning for my third season as the official counter at the Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik. They say third time’s a charm, so I’m crossing my fingers for some record breaking totals this season! The anticipation at the beginning…...

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