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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