Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 39 416 14123 Osprey 0 1 114 Bald Eagle 6 11 121 Northern Harrier 32 106 1453 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 123 8435 Cooper's Hawk 13 42 563 Northern Goshawk 4 9 46 Red-shouldered Hawk 101 168 850 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5319 Red-tailed Hawk 1977 2445 4859 Rough-legged Hawk 12 21 36 Golden Eagle 21 29 51 American Kestrel 0 4 4533 Merlin 1 4 102 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 88 Unknown 6 12 159 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 2230 3391 40854 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Dave Brown, Matt Oswald, Shay Redmond, Su Ross Visitors: Lots...including the gang from Buffalo (Jim, Bill, Fran and I think Bob??), also Brian and his son from London, and Chas who was helping Keith with the count today...especially of Redtails :) There were a few others there as well...John (can't remember his last name), Cecil and ???? (his buddy's name has eluded my tired brain) and finally a mother and son from Hamilton. Thanks to everyone who helped wpot today,,,there was certainly lots to see :) Weather: First thing in the morning there was a squall / snow shower coming off the bottom end of Lake Huron south to Hawk Cliff on the north shore of Lake Erie. The snow was almost enough to make the counters give up...BUT suddenly an hour later the snow let up and WOW!! ....this is the way the weather should be for late fall hawk watching...the perfect clouds and sun with a good northerly wind (mainly NE for the day). Very cool temps as the mercury dipped to -4 over Friday night and struggled to get back up to 0 at the start of the count time. High eventually got to just 3. Observations: Just a ton of raptors moving out today...seems they've had enough of the old nights :) The real treat today was a total of 21 Golden Eagles!! Other awesome numbers including Redtails (1977) and Red-shoulders (101) along with some really nice Roughlegs (12) including a couple dark-phase birds. Most interesting bird of the day was a partial albino Redtail...it looked like someone had taken a paint brush and painted white stripes across his wings and back...really quite eye-catching. I'm hoping a couple of those with cameras got a shot of it and maybe I can get them posted on our website. Tufted Titmouse (possibly a pair) continue to be seen along the road down to the cliff. They've been around now for a couple of weeks. Predictions: Sunday looks like another bright sunny day...and even with predicted SW winds I'm sure we'll see another good push of birds throughout the area. ======================================================================== 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.
