Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 96 21197 21395
Osprey 0 12 212
Bald Eagle 3 92 236
Northern Harrier 3 263 575
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 3326 8183
Cooper's Hawk 3 143 198
Northern Goshawk 0 3 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 241 241
Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 100354
Red-tailed Hawk 20 1239 1245
Rough-legged Hawk 1 6 6
Golden Eagle 0 21 21
American Kestrel 0 1372 3792
Merlin 0 22 96
Peregrine Falcon 0 22 50
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 129 27972 136617
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Alf Rider, Dave Sked, Jim Dunn, John Potticary, Kathy Knott,
Keith Sealy, Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan,
Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
Quite a few of the usual suspects were out to help today including Dave
Sked. Clive Hodder was also back for a second day...our thanks to everyone
who stuck it out for not much of a flight. :)
Weather:
Moderate to light E and SE winds made for a smaller flight today. Lots of
cloud cover to start but it quickly disappeared and by the last couple of
hours we had clear blue skies. Temp got to just 12C.
Raptor Observations:
Just 129 birds counted today...mostly TV's (96) and Redtails (20). Only
real highlight was a light-morph Roughleg.
Non-raptor Observations:
Several Bluebirds were seen today.
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Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm
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