This morning there was 1 Adult Lesser Black-backed among the very few other gulls on the east side of the Markham By-Pass between Hwy 7 & 16th Ave.
I looked at Ressor Pond while out there but there were very few Canada Geese or Gulls to look through, mostly Mallards. Dave Worthington HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/474 - Release Date: 10/13/2006 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 13 16:35:59 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F8E63A92 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:35:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 22866 invoked by uid 30); 13 Oct 2006 20:31:12 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 13 Oct 2006 16:10:12 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (13 Oct 2006) 26 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:35:59 -0000 Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 15 7166 8257 Osprey 1 46 263 Bald Eagle 0 65 280 Northern Harrier 1 366 1317 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2864 8523 Cooper's Hawk 1 161 313 Northern Goshawk 0 15 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 33 40 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1095 43080 Red-tailed Hawk 0 707 839 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 571 4969 Merlin 0 16 202 Peregrine Falcon 2 17 94 Unknown 5 30 Total: 26 13127 68230 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Keith Sealy, Shay Redmond Weather: Another VERY WINDY day with GALE FORCE SW winds. Temp very chilly reaching just 6C (and obviously felt much colder with the windchill). Heavy cloud cover for the day with the ceiling steadily dropping until it started to snow mixed with some rain. Raptor Observations: Again a difficult day for anything to fly...total count was just 26 birds...but the highlight was a couple more Peregrines the passed by the count area right on the deck! A very late Osprey as well...and 4 more Kestrels...edging us ever closer to 5000 for the season. Non-raptor Observations: Of interest today was a flock of at least 300 Bonaparte Gulls the fought their way westward into the wind. Also saw several Tree Swallows. Predictions: Predicted W winds for Saturday but more sunshine...will likely make for a slow flight...it's too hard to tell what will happen. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Site Description: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie Directions to site: >From east 401, take the Highbury south cut off at London, follow Highbury (Hwy 30) south to St. Thomas. Highbury changes into South Edgeware at a large curve in the road to the west. Follow South Edgeware west to the first set of traffic lights - Burwell Road, turn left (south) and stay on this road. It becomes Fairview Ave (Regional Road 22), which runs directly into Hawk Cliff Road. You will see a sign for Hawkes Cliff Farm, where they sell fresh vegetables and a gravel road just beyond sign. Just continue down gravel road to viewing area. >From west 401, take the Highway # 4 (Colonel Talbot Rd.) exit south, through Talbotville, road now is Sunset Rd. continue towards St. Thomas; you will come to a veer in the road, straight up to St. Thomas, veer to the right for Port Stanley, follow Highway 4, now Sunset to Port Stanley. As you approach Port Stanley you will come to a large curve in the road with a sign saying East St, to the left. Take East St., and follow it to the first road left, (opposite Port Stanley Water Tower) Dexter Line. Follow Dexter Line approximately 2 km. and turn right down gravel road at Hawkes Cliff Farm, and follow gravel road to viewing area
