Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 21 21 21 Osprey 2 42 42 Bald Eagle 0 10 10 Northern Harrier 18 59 59 Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 569 569 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 5 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 8 76 76 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 86 1287 1287 Merlin 3 19 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 9 Unknown 0 1 1 Total: 172 2098 2098 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Harvey Patterson, Shay Redmond, Su Ross, Tom Bolohan Visitors: LOTS!!! Weather: Finally some great clouds BUT the wind stayed W to WSW for the day and as a result we didn't get a large flight. Temp hit 25. Observations: Some nice birds today with a bit of variety. The raptor live bird demos had some excellent birds especially in the afternoon 2 PM show with Male and Female Kestrels, Male and Female Sharp-shinned, Juvenile Harrier and a nice Immature Redtail. An early arrival today provided some nice warbler sitings along with vireos, grosbeaks, towhees, red bellied woodpecker and a few hummingbirds. Predictions: E to SE winds with warm temps and few clouds could make for a tough day. However, given the counts I saw tonight from Metro Park south of Detroit of 8000* Broadwings today I have to figure there'll be more push through tomorrow no matter what the wind. Guess we'll just have to wait and see :) ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
