Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 48 21210 21692
Osprey 0 7 137
Bald Eagle 0 71 233
Northern Harrier 19 277 558
Sharp-shinned Hawk 66 6148 10162
Cooper's Hawk 4 201 278
Northern Goshawk 0 26 26
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 322 325
Broad-winged Hawk 0 85 22166
Red-tailed Hawk 13 2059 2111
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4
Golden Eagle 2 34 35
American Kestrel 2 745 2761
Merlin 0 17 67
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 155 31272 60677
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn, John Potticary, Kathy, Keith Sealy,
Mary Carnahan, Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
Pretty much the diehards out today...thanks to all for getting the count
done.
Weather:
Light E winds swung around to moderate SE. Still above normal temp to a
high of 16C. Mostly cloudy in the morning eventually breaking out to few
clouds under mostly blue skies.
Raptor Observations:
Not the biggest flight today with 155 birds tallied. Interestingly, there
were almost exactly the same number of Sharpies today (66) as yesterday
(65). A single adult Red-shoulder provided some nice looks along with a
couple more young Golden Eagles.
Non-raptor Observations:
As for other species...a single Am. Redstart (female), large flocks of Am.
Crows...smaller flocks of Am. Goldfinch, Am. Robin and Blue Jays. However,
the real significant movement today was blackbirds. The observers reported
a continuous stream of mixed blackbird flocks numbering in the 10's of
1000's that lasted most of the day. This massive flight was happening at
three different flight heights as well.
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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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