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History of the Cape May Hawk Watch

28 Years: 1976 through 2003

The following abbreviations are used: Bl Vu = Black Vulture; Tu Vu = Turkey Vulture; Ospr = Osprey; Ba Ea = Bald Eagle; No Ha = Northern Harrier; Sh Sh = Sharp Shinned Hawk; Co Ha = Cooper's Hawk; No Go = Northern Goshawk; Re Sh = Red Shouldered Hawk; Br Wi = Broad-winged Hawk; Swai = Swainson's Hawk; Re Ta = Red-tailed Hawk; Ro Le = Rough-legged Hawk; Go Ea = Golden Eagle; Am Ke = American Kestrel; Merl = Merlin; Pere = Peregrine.

	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Bl Vu	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	5	1
Tu Vu	949	453	549	693	560	716	371	580	724	556
Ospr	1270	1155	793	1223	1294	1483	2205	1081	1838	3019
Ba Ea	12	18	10	6	7	23	18	25	22	26
No Ha	952	1112	763	1048	3103	2170	1298	1118	2179	2354
Sh Sh	28215	45979	32611	46973	52269	43140	43976	34072	61167	34963
Co Ha	874	795	675	1837	1612	2082	1207	744	1814	2672
No Go	17	22	19	16	25	34	35	40	25	75
Re Sh	700	396	372	448	596	399	268	190	395	705
Br Wi	1449	12138	845	975	3275	13918	1425	808	1147	2027
Swai	2	2	3	0	1	7	4	1	3	2
Re Ta	1947	1589	1406	1371	2269	1427	941	853	2032	1965
Ro Le	4	6	7	4	10	7	5	6	4	4
Go Ea	13	9	5	12	14	9	6	3	4	4
Am Ke	11196	14338	9440	18676	12583	21821	8764	6673	9260	12756
Merl	542	728	716	1123	1080	1225	1675	888	2375	2875
Pere	103	60	150	228	198	170	364	295	518	396
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	48245	78800	48364	74637	78896	88631	62562	47380	83512	64400

	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Bl Vu	0	0	13	11	9	45	66	76	110	192
Tu Vu	599	473	823	884	603	758	674	1540	2260	3238
Ospr	3437	5402	2823	3358	1843	1367	1488	1613	3256	5373
Ba Ea	55	47	36	29	61	39	86	57	144	135
No Ha	2354	3036	2543	1221	1035	883	785	1742	3115	2376
Sh Sh	28987	19838	20910	10611	12500	14018	8207	13219	26509	26397
Co Ha	1867	2944	2517	2008	1593	2124	1106	2467	3330	5009
No Go	24	20	14	9	34	55	30	80	37	54
Re Sh	549	612	453	139	180	156	152	350	872	450
Br Wi	6494	4608	1485	822	1079	379	2343	625	8269	1385
Swai	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	6	3
Re Ta	3380	1701	2297	1158	856	610	624	1180	3901	3825
Ro Le	4	3	4	2	3	3	1	2	2	1
Go Ea	16	11	19	9	21	8	7	12	12	26
Am Ke	12390	16532	7337	7185	7350	6200	5872	6662	15427	8488
Merl	2450	2447	1995	1504	1425	1186	936	931	2839	2083
Pere	615	685	339	703	818	731	429	416	741	1101
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total	63226	58362	43611	29654	29411	28563	22808	30973	70830	60136

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Bl Vu	161	370	265	190	116	104
Tu Vu	6,420	5,221	4,282	2,183	776	1,051
Ospr	6,734	4,631	3,054	2,557	1,904	1,645
Ba Ea	284	226	139	168	131	229
No Ha	1,860	2,324	2,169	2,028	743	1,203
Sh Sh	30,741	48,992	22,993	24,625	15,663	12,927
Co Ha	4,742	4,920	3,055	3,676	2,613	1,874
No Go	38	89	15	69	12	28
Re Sh	572	672	346	411	232	343
Br Wi	2,844	1,605	1,670	1,234	1,905	1,229
Swai	4	2	10	1	0	1
Re Ta	5,135	3,528	2,779	3,484	1,162	1,049
Ro Le	5	0	3	13	1	0
Go Ea	38	18	9	22	10	10
Am Ke	8,044	8,038	7,469	12,600	6,393	5,188
Merl	2,111	2,427	2,040	2,823	1,086	1,380
Pere	1,503	1,793	964	833	988	588
Other	1		2	0	1
Total	71,237	84,856	51,264	56,917	33,736	28,849

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Avg	HIGH COUNT	DATE
Bl Vu	150	197					75	32	31-Oct-98
Tu Vu	1,215	1,241					1,442	784	3-Nov-96
Ospr	2,038	1,975					2,495	1,023	3-Oct-89
Ba Ea	182	178					85	24	19-Sep-96
No Ha	1,254	2,421					1,757	278	12-Nov-80
Sh Sh	17,165	20,665					28,512	11,096	4-Oct-77
Co Ha	3,503	4,260					2,426	456	3-Oct-94
No Go	28	7					34	13	2 dates
Re Sh	483	605					430	165	10-Nov-94
Br Wi	452	1,926					2,799	9,400	4-Oct-77
Swai	1	4					3	3	2 dates
Re Ta	921	1,258					1,952	1,022	11-Nov-94
Ro Le	2	6					4	4	13-Nov-83
Go Ea	11	9					12	8	3-Nov-96
Am Ke	5,405	7,345					9,983	5,038	30-Sep-99
Merl	1,309	1,920					1,647	867	30-Sep-99
Pere	1,051	1,024					636	291	7-Oct-97
Other	84	155					-	-	-
Total	35,254	45,196					54,291

28 Years: 1976 through 2003

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