Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1168 15467 16535
Osprey 0 58 336
Bald Eagle 1 69 209
Northern Harrier 3 586 1400
Sharp-shinned Hawk 47 5971 13224
Cooper's Hawk 0 153 255
Northern Goshawk 0 5 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 186 197
Broad-winged Hawk 0 509 99105
Red-tailed Hawk 19 823 887
Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 2
Golden Eagle 1 21 21
American Kestrel 1 872 4389
Merlin 0 36 176
Peregrine Falcon 0 28 80
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: 1241 24786 136822
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Alf Rider, Bill Smith, Jim Dunn, Kathy, Maris Apse,
Mary Carnahan, Mike Street
Visitors:
The only visitor today was Mary Jane Dunn.
Weather:
The weather was pleasant...temp started at 3C and got to a high of 15C.
Winds were light from the W then building to moderate WNW. Lots of broken
cloud and sunshine for the entire day.
Raptor Observations:
Today's flight was pretty decent with a total of 1,241 birds...helped no
doubt by the air drying out behind the system that had crossed through the
previous night. The TV's (1,168) made up the bulk of today;s flight
initially being spotted to the north of the counters and continued to pass
in a continuous stream. One of the highlights was a lone dark morph
Roughleg that passed right overhead of the counters. Later in the day,
those that stuck around saw the single Golden Eagle. The day ended with
some sizable kettles of TV's that helped bolster today's count.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of birdsong was heard again this morning along Hawk Cliff Rd., from
the many ROBINS, HERMIT THRUSHES, WHITE-THROATED & SONG SPARROWS still
hanging around. A highlight of the morning was a single SWAMP SPARROW.
Large flocks of mixed BLACKBIRDS continued to fly over the field as did
fairly large flocks of AM. CROWS.
Also, early hawkwatchers enjoyed great views of a young stag (a
four-pointer according to Colin) who took his time crossing the north end
of the field, stopping a couple of times to look around before continuing
on towards the woodlot on the far side.
Predictions:
Saturday may be a repeat of today...though there may be isolated showers
later in the afternoon. Winda are predicted to be W at 25kph.
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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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