Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 749 18998 19480
Osprey 0 7 137
Bald Eagle 1 60 222
Northern Harrier 45 203 484
Sharp-shinned Hawk 85 5504 9518
Cooper's Hawk 8 150 227
Northern Goshawk 2 10 10
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 108 111
Broad-winged Hawk 2 83 22164
Red-tailed Hawk 317 1319 1371
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 6 7
American Kestrel 44 712 2728
Merlin 3 11 61
Peregrine Falcon 0 63 119
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 1259 27235 56640
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn, Kathy, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan,
Mike Neilson, Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
Joan Daynard, Jean Baloo (Stratford), Roslyn Moorehead (London), Suzanne
Bodner (Kingston), Deb Bodner all the way from Vancouver)
Weather:
Strong NE winds again today witha high of just 6C. Solid cloud cover for
the entire day but very good visibility.
Raptor Observations:
A steady flight today with a total of 1259 birds....TV's (749), Sharpies
(88), some nice Harriers (45) and quite a good flight of Redtails (317).
Hardly any Red-shoulders today (3)...we've noticed they don't seem to like
flying on stronger winds. A couple of late Broadwings.
Non-raptor Observations:
Many of the same species as over the past few days...lots of kinglets (both
RC and GC), good numbers of Sparrows (WC, WT, Song and Field), lots of
Yellow-rumps, Killdeer, E. Pho0ebe, flocks of Crows, Goldfinch,
Blackbirds...Tree Swallow (20+) and a Great Blue Heron.
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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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