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Sandy Hook Migration Watch Species Records
 

The following data cover the years 1979-1994 and 1999-2004.  There were no counts from 1995-1998.

SPECIES

 ANNUAL
 AVERAGE

 PEAK
FLIGHT

 PEAK FLIGHT YEAR(S)

Black Vulture

2

 9

 2003

Turkey Vulture

159

 250

 1994

Osprey

93

 238

 1985

Swallow-tailed Kite

0

 1

 '83,'84,'88,'89,'91,'00,'02

Mississippi Kite

1

 8

 2004

Bald Eagle

4

 18

 2004

Northern Harrier

215

 525

 1985

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2514

 6934

 1986

Cooper's Hawk

224

 354

 1994

Northern Goshawk

2

 7

 1994

Red-shouldered Hawk

84

 195

 1999

Broad-winged Hawk

135

 382

 1987

Swainson's Hawk

0

 1

 ‘91, ‘03

Red-tailed Hawk

85

 162

 1988

Rough-legged Hawk

1

 3

 1985

Golden Eagle

0

 1

 ‘79, ‘01, '04

American Kestrel

1383

 3138

 1984

Merlin

223

 461

 1985

Peregrine Falcon

9

 18

 2001

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 The Sandy Hook Migration Watch is funded and run by the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory of the New Jersey Audubon Society.


 

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