Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 87 21301 21783
Osprey 0 7 137
Bald Eagle 0 71 233
Northern Harrier 10 289 570
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 6187 10201
Cooper's Hawk 4 210 287
Northern Goshawk 4 30 30
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 330 333
Broad-winged Hawk 0 85 22166
Red-tailed Hawk 150 2212 2264
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4
Golden Eagle 9 44 45
American Kestrel 1 747 2763
Merlin 1 18 68
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: 300 31601 61006
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Clive Hodder, Don Wigle, Kathy, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan,
Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
A few visitors today...including Tim McFarlane and Don Wigle.
Weather:
Some light drizzle to start the day ...but eventually the cloud ceiling
lifted and the sun broke through a few times. Temp still on the warm side
with a high of 16C. Winds finally had a north component though light from
the NE.
Raptor Observations:
Not a bad flight today with a total of 300 birds tallied. Nice to see that
the bulk of today's flight was actually Redtails (150). A few more
Red-shoulders (6) along with Goshawks (4) were nice to see. The real
highlight was observing 5 Golden Eagles within 30 minutes just before noon
along with 4 more before the end of the day for a total of 9.
Non-raptor Observations:
Flocks of passerines continued to move through the hawkwatch area
(blackbirds, robins, Am. Goldfinch)...a nice Fox sparrow, several E.
Bluebirds and a Hermit Thrush...and still a few Yellow-rumps flitting
around.
Predictions:
With solid E winds predicted tomorrow with a mix of sun and cloud there
could be a decent flight.
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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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