Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 4 21214 21696
Osprey 0 7 137
Bald Eagle 0 71 233
Northern Harrier 2 279 560
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 6159 10173
Cooper's Hawk 5 206 283
Northern Goshawk 0 26 26
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 324 327
Broad-winged Hawk 0 85 22166
Red-tailed Hawk 3 2062 2114
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4
Golden Eagle 1 35 36
American Kestrel 1 746 2762
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: 29 31301 60706
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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: Eric Single, Jim Dunn, Kathy, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan,
Ronnie Goodhand, Wayne Parnall
Weather:
Almost a repeat of yesterday's weather with light SW winds eventually dying
out to calm. Temp still above normal for this time of year hitting a high
of 17C. Solid cloud cover for the entire day.
Raptor Observations:
A small flight today with just 29 birds total. The only real highlight was
a low flying Golden Eagle just before noon (11:40 a.m.).
Non-raptor Observations:
A highlight today (for those that track them) was a single Monarch spotted
as it passed the hawkwatch. The passerine flight was nowhere near that of
yesterday with much smaller flocks of 40-50 birds at a time. Good numbers
of Sparrow were noted: Song, White-throated and Field...both species of
Kinglet...Brown Creeper, Am. Pipit (50+), Horned Lark, Eastern Bluebird and
a small flock of Cedar Waxwings
Predictions:
NE winds for Wed. may get a few more raptors moving...as long as the rain
holds off or moves east quickly.
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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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