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Date: 10/22/26 3:23 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: [de-birds] Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (22 Oct 2026) 20 Raptors
Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Lewes, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 1 4 Osprey 1 108 857 Bald Eagle 2 78 162 Northern Harrier 5 49 74 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 145 308 Cooper's Hawk 1 43 64 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 2 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 100 191 Merlin 2 92 192 Peregrine Falcon 0 106 134 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 20 724 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Emma Hovland Observers: Greg Gough, Heidi McGrue, Jordan Brown, Susan Gruver Weather: Raptor Observations: Many local hawks flying around the point throughout the day. Migration scattered across multiple flight lines. Non-raptor Observations: Monarch 6 Pine Siskin Dark-eyed Junco Predictions: Tomorrow: Mostly sunny with ~9mph winds out of the NNE. Migration likely similar to the past couple days. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Emma Hovland (<emmarhovland...>) More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=169 Count data submitted via Trektellen.org - Project info at: https://trektellen.org/count/view/6408/20261022 List archives: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=DE-BIRDS List help: <DE-BIRDS-request...>

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