The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board update is updated to Oct 27. Please visit http://www.bsc-eoc.org/lpbo/sightings.html . Some highlights from this past week include:
Varied Thrush - A hatch-year male was banded on the morning of the 26th and resighted on the morning of the 27th. Bohemian Waxwing - A single bird flew over Old Cut on the morning of the 27th with a flock of 30 Cedars. Tip Birds... Parasitic and Pomarine Jaeger, Little Gull, Le Conte's Sparrow, Oregon Junco. Good storm birding, Stu LPBO is situated on the north shore of Lake Erie, in Canada. From Highway 401 or Highway 3, come south on Highway 59 to the north shore of Lake Erie. BSC's National Headquarters is situated at 115 Front St. in Port Rowan. From Highway 59 south, turn east on Regional Rd 42 (Front St) and drive 400 metres to our building on the south side of the road. LPBO's Old Cut Field Station is on Old Cut Blvd. on Long Point, just two streets before Highway 59 ends at Long Point Provincial Park. We are the 6th building on the right as you head north on Old Cut Blvd. from Highway 59. There is a small sign on the front lawn. You can park across the road in the Ministry of Natural Resources boat launch parking lot. We're open to the public during spring and fall migration (from April to mid June and early August to mid November, respectively). The best time to come for a visit is in the morning, since the bird banding program winds up around noon. It's a good idea to call in advance (519-586-2885). Stuart A. Mackenzie Long Point Bird Observatory Program Coordinator C/O Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160, 115 Front Rd Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 519 586 3531 ext. 231 Bird Studies Canada Headquarters 519 586 2885 Old Cut Field Station 519 820 6040 Cell 519 586 3532 Fax e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 28 01:27:45 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 D26C163AC5 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:27:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 9639 invoked by uid 30); 28 Oct 2006 05:22:30 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 28 Oct 2006 01:10:30 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (25 Oct 2006) 4140 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:27:45 -0000 Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1916 22603 23694 Osprey 1 55 272 Bald Eagle 8 101 316 Northern Harrier 127 655 1606 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1654 8629 14288 Cooper's Hawk 96 339 491 Northern Goshawk 4 26 34 Red-shouldered Hawk 52 101 108 Broad-winged Hawk 3 1098 43083 Red-tailed Hawk 240 1071 1203 Rough-legged Hawk 7 10 10 Golden Eagle 4 19 19 American Kestrel 23 663 5061 Merlin 5 38 224 Peregrine Falcon 0 24 101 Unknown 5 30 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 4140 35438 90541 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Bouwe Bergsma, Colin Horstead, Darryl Dunsby, Doug Brown, Eric Jefferies, Evelyn Brown, Gerry Kolkman, Maris Apse, Mary Carnahan, Peter Booker, Phil Waggett, Shay Redmond, Tom Thomas, Wayne Parnall Visitors: A lot of visitors today...many of whom are the usual crew that helps with the count. :) Our thanks to everyone for coming out to join us. Weather: Much better weather today (at least no rain)...still cooler with temp to 8C and lots of cloud cover. Winds were moderate and steady from the NW for the day. Raptor Observations: Another great flight today with a total of 4140 birds. The largest counts were TV's with 1916 and Sharpies with 1654 as they flooded through again today. Suprisingly only 4 Golden Eagles today but finally saw some better numbers of buteos with 52 Red-shouldered Hawks, 240 Redtails and 7 Roughlegs including 1 Dark Morph. Non-raptor Observations: One of the highlights for today was a COMMON RAVEN right overhead at a height of no more than 50 or 60 feet...the wedge shaped tail was very obvious as it soared briefly above us...as was the size of the bird. What's interesting is that one year ago almost to the day we had another raven pass through. We also had two flocks of Sandhill Cranes (3 in each). =======================================================================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
