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Date: 10/15/25 3:10 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: [de-birds] Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (15 Oct 2025) 171 Raptors
Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Lewes, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 6 11 11 Turkey Vulture 23 63 84 Osprey 42 392 2794 Bald Eagle 10 48 150 Northern Harrier 16 44 118 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 104 649 Cooper's Hawk 12 36 166 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 5 8 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 16 70 462 Merlin 21 54 324 Peregrine Falcon 3 34 142 Unknown Accipitrine 0 2 5 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 9 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 171 869 4936 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Ottinger Observers: Bruce Peterjohn, Greg Gough, Rich Downs, Susan Gruver Visitors: Thanks to Sue, Greg, Bruce, John and Rich for helping with the count! Thanks to Pei-Li for stopping by! Visitors 8 Weather: Mostly to partly cloudy, temp 20C, N,NNW wind 10mph, visb 20km Raptor Observations: A good day with Black and Turkey vultures, Osprey, 10 Bald Eagles, 16 Harriers, several Sharp-shinned and Cooper's, a Red-tailed, a good Kestrel and Merlin count, 3 Peregrines. Non-raptor Observations: Parasitic Jaeger, N Gannet, Blue-gray Gnatcather, American Pipit, Pine Siskin. Monarch 10 Predictions: Sunny, high 63F, gusty N wind 20mph ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jen Ottinger (<Jottinger.co...>) More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=169 List archives: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=DE-BIRDS List help: <DE-BIRDS-request...>

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