Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 414 12896 13054 Osprey 0 27 112 Bald Eagle 4 74 105 Northern Harrier 11 982 1323 Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 5989 8275 Cooper's Hawk 9 477 518 Northern Goshawk 1 33 33 Red-shouldered Hawk 43 681 681 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2244 5318 Red-tailed Hawk 439 2401 2401 Rough-legged Hawk 2 15 15 Golden Eagle 4 22 22 American Kestrel 4 1910 4527 Merlin 0 52 97 Peregrine Falcon 0 55 88 Unknown 27 133 145 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 1017 27992 36716 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Mike Street Visitors: Thanks a bunch to Mike Street and D. Verkley for helping out as a counters today. :) Weather: Lots of cloud cover in the morning with light winds initally out of the W. Winds eventually swung to the SW and got a bit stronger while the sun broke through by midday. Temp made it to 13 today. Observations: Another 1000+ count for today with mostly TV's and Red-tails with just over 400 of each. Had 2 more Rough-legs and 4 more Golden Eagles...and plenty more to come :) Most interesting bird today was described as a dark Red-tail...with dark reddish-brown colouration on the body and wing linings all finely barred with black wingtips and translucent secondaries and tertiaries and most of the tail. The tail had a dark, narrow sub-terminal band and thin white terminal band. ======================================================================== 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.
