Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 20 193 193
Osprey 7 196 225
Bald Eagle 0 118 118
Northern Harrier 24 501 531
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 5627 5644
Cooper's Hawk 0 63 64
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4
Broad-winged Hawk 0 97615 97628
Red-tailed Hawk 0 33 47
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 36 2812 2866
Merlin 1 107 109
Peregrine Falcon 4 18 18
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: 106 107287 107447
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Beth Wigle, Clive Hodder, Don Wigle, Eleanor Kee-Wellman,
Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan
Visitors:
A few visitors today including...Bill Barker (London), Ray Blower (Acton),
Mark Rafuse (St. Thomas)Karen & Bob U'Ren (Waterloo)and Bette Cunningham &
Dorine Ellis
Weather:
Warm today with moderate SW winds. Lots of cloud cover in the morning and
then more broken out for the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
A small but interesting flight with a total of 106 birds. Highlights today
included 4 Peregrines (no surprise on SW winds) and at one point 7 Bald
Eagles circling up in front of the counters at the same time...5 adults and
2 youngsters. These eagles weren't migrating...just cruising back and forth
Non-raptor Observations:
With a very slow beginning to the day under cloudy skies with a brisk SW
wind, we eventually were able to log a modest 30 songbird species, with no
new species today. Nonetheless, there were a couple of highlights. Around
mid morning we had a nice flurry of kinglets and warblers near the mound
plus a female SCARLET TANAGER. As well, both RED-EYED and PHILADELPHIA
VIREOS were spotted late in the morning and again today we had a single
PHOEBE, a lone CHIMNEY SWIFT and two EASTERN TOWHEES. The BLUE JAY count
was down today with only 1500 migrating westward during the morning.
Eventually the sun came out, the temperature rose, and once again we
enjoyed many excellent sightings of a variety of butterflies and
dragonflies. Highlights today were black swallowtail, northern crescent
and an American lady.
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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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