Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 37 20829 21311
Osprey 0 7 137
Bald Eagle 0 68 230
Northern Harrier 2 249 530
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 6009 10023
Cooper's Hawk 1 190 267
Northern Goshawk 0 26 26
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 321 324
Broad-winged Hawk 0 85 22166
Red-tailed Hawk 1 2032 2084
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4
Golden Eagle 0 31 32
American Kestrel 0 737 2753
Merlin 0 15 65
Peregrine Falcon 1 66 122
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: 43 30669 60074
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 10:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Bouwe Bergsma, Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy,
Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan
Visitors:
No visitors noted today.
Weather:
Strong SW winds and a few clouds for the 2 hours the counters put in today.
Temp much warmer to a high of 14.
Raptor Observations:
As expected on strong SW winds at this time of the year there weren't many
birds passing by the hawkwatch. Today's total was just 43 birds! The only
highlight today was a lone Peregrine along the cliff making use of the
strong updraft.
Non-raptor Observations:
Pretty much the same species (mixed blackbirds, crows, robins) moving
through in flocks ranging from a few birds to a few hundred. Yellow-rumped
warblers continue to be seen in good numbers along with RC Kinglets. The
numbers of GC Kinglets appear to be dropping off.
Predictions:
The weather continues to look rather unfavourable over the next several
days with predicted SW winds and quite a bit of rain. The only good news is
that several days of rain followed by a strong cold front often helps hold
the birds up and they then come through in a big push. We'll just have to
see how the next few days play out.
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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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