Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 460 1518 21251
Osprey 0 0 338
Bald Eagle 1 17 240
Northern Harrier 20 47 1642
Sharp-shinned Hawk 69 104 14001
Cooper's Hawk 32 43 351
Northern Goshawk 3 6 14
Red-shouldered Hawk 284 899 1223
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 99105
Red-tailed Hawk 1799 4734 6440
Rough-legged Hawk 3 10 29
Golden Eagle 7 47 94
American Kestrel 0 0 4396
Merlin 0 1 187
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 82
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: 2679 7427 149393
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Alf Rider, Clive Hodder, Don Campbell, Jim Dunn,
Keith Sealy, Mac McAlpine, Mary Carnahan, Phil Waggett,
Ronnie Goodhand, Tom Bolohan, Tom Thomas, Wayne Parnall
Visitors:
Visitors today included Kirk Mitchell (Sarnia)...Norm Holden (New Hamburg).
Weather:
Winds were light from the NE then swinging E..then ENE and then back to NE.
Lots of cloud cover today...more than predicted which likely affected
today's flight...more sunshine early might've brought more birds. Temp
started at 1C and got to a high of 8C. The high pressure area continued to
hold steady over the region which certainly helped keep the air drier.
Raptor Observations:
The flight was (as expected) very good today with a total of 2,679 birds.
The highlights today included another excellent flight of Redtails (1,799)
with a single dark bird likely a Western subspecies seen at 12:45 (EST).
There were more Golden Eagles (7) with a good mix of juvenile looking birds
(3), probable sub-adults (2) and a single adult...Shoulders continued to
move in good numbers (284)...and we added another 3 juvenile Goshawks.
The only falcon today was a lone juvenile Peregrine.
Non-raptor Observations:
Thanks to the eagle eyed readers who noticed yesterday's error in the
non-raptor report. The CORMORANT spotted yesterday at the Cliff was of
course a DOUBLE-CRESTED, rather than the more exotic and exceptionally rare
double-breasted (!). Also missing from yesterday's report were the 2
SANDHILL CRANES spotted by a keen hawkwatcher at the B&B.
Today's highlights included CAROLINA WREN, seen foraging along the
roadside in the ravine, and some TUFTED TITMOUSE foraging along the south
edge of the cornfield at the bottom of HC Rd. In that same area were many
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES & GOLDFINCHES plus at least 6 PINE SISKINS.
Predictions:
Tomorrow's a tough call...it'll depend on the wind direction (some kind of
N is best) more than anyhthing...the weather itself doesn't look too bad.
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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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