This morning at about 10:30 a Grey phased Gyrfalcon was observed with 3 Coopers and a Sharp-shinned Hawk near the Intersection of the 20th Sideroad and 2nd Line of Innisfil.The Falcon was last seen flying in a West-Southerly direction .With the other Birds riding the same Air Current an close proximity to the Ground I am 99% sure of my ID. Hwy 11(or 400) to 89.East on 89 to 20th Sideroad(first Stop Sign) North to 2nd Line of Innisfil Also a very late Monarch was Observed
Cheer's Garth From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 22 00:16:30 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 3D1BA63A86 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:16:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 12411 invoked by uid 30); 22 Oct 2006 04:11:28 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 22 Oct 2006 00:10:28 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (21 Oct 2006) 1004 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:16:30 -0000 Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 17 17227 18318 Osprey 0 53 270 Bald Eagle 6 86 301 Northern Harrier 33 446 1397 Sharp-shinned Hawk 915 5160 10819 Cooper's Hawk 6 208 360 Northern Goshawk 3 22 30 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 41 48 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1095 43080 Red-tailed Hawk 1 787 919 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 17 629 5027 Merlin 5 30 216 Peregrine Falcon 1 24 101 Unknown 5 30 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 1004 25817 80920 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Ches Caister Observers: Colin Horstead, Don Taylor, Tom Thomas Visitors: It was good to see the OFO trip make a visit to the Hawk Cliff hawkwatch today...some 20 participants lead by Pete Read and Ian Platt. Weather: The day started with calm winds and a temp of about 8C...eventually winds were light W and SW and temp to about 13C. Solid cloud for the day. Raptor Observations: It was a day for Sharpies!! with another 915 today (interestingly we had 917 yesterday) Total of 1004 birds for the day. Another nice count of Harriers with 33. Hard to believe there were only 17 TV's today after the almost 2100 from yesterday. Our 1-year record for Kestrels continues to increase ...now at 5027. Non-raptor Observations: Still lots of passerines moving through...especially large flocks of blackbirds....tundra swans and many waterfowl and loons have also been flying past the hawkwatch in the last few days. Predictions: Supposed to be rain for the day with SE and S winds. Not expecting much of a flight. ======================================================================== 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
