Highlights for week ending 9/23/23: First Bald Eagle of the season was banded and in a single day at the Meadows station 27 Merlins were banded. 

Highlights for week ending 9/30/2023: A hatch-year Red-shouldered Hawk was banded and Dr. Trish Miller placed a GPS transmitter on the bird. 

SPECIES		WEEK ENDING				SEASON TOTAL
		9/16/2023	9/23/2023	9/30/2023
Northern Harrier		0	1	3		4
Sharp-shinned Hawk		2	28	85		115
Cooper’s Hawk		18	28	22		68
American Goshawk		0	0	0		0
Red-tailed Hawk		3	7	2		12
Red-shouldered Hawk		0	0	2		2
Broad-winged Hawk		0	0	1		1
American Kestrel		2	0	1		3
Merlin		6	41	30		77
Peregrine Falcon		0	1	5		6
Golden Eagle		0	0	0		0
Bald Eagle		0	1	0		1
TOTAL		31	107	150		289

Highlights for week ending 10/07/23: Two Broad-winged Hawks were banded. This is always a special moment for the project as this species doesn’t often come into the banding stations. 

Highlights for week ending 10/28/23: A Swainson’s Hawk was banded at the Meadows station! This is a very special bird as it is normally found in the western half of the US/Canada but occasionally shows up in the eastern half as a vagrant. Range map can be found here.

Highlights for week ending 11/11/23: An American Goshawk (formerly Northern Goshawk) was banded at the Meadows station! This species is an uncommon visitor to Cape May so this was a very special moment for the project.