Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 11, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 4 1726 21459
Osprey 0 1 339
Bald Eagle 1 28 251
Northern Harrier 1 74 1669
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 152 14049
Cooper's Hawk 2 70 378
Northern Goshawk 0 16 24
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 967 1291
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 99105
Red-tailed Hawk 52 5624 7330
Rough-legged Hawk 0 22 41
Golden Eagle 5 94 141
American Kestrel 0 1 4397
Merlin 0 1 187
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 75 8777 150743
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Jim Dunn
Observers: Alf Rider, John Potticary, Kathy, Mary Carnahan,
Tom Bolohan
Visitors:
No visitors noted today.
Weather:
Today, the wind played around between SE and S but was mainly
SE...AARGH!!!! As a result the birds were spread out from the lake to just
north of the ridge.
Sky was CLEAR BLUE again and birds were very difficult to spot but easy to
ID with the perfect light.
Raptor Observations:
Today's flight totaled just 75 raptors...with a few each of 7 different
species and the bulk being Redtails (52). Another small number of Golden
Eagles (5). One of the Goldens was south of Dexter Line, three were
observed from the B&B but they were north of Roberts Line and the last one
was observed south of the ridge from Yarmouth Line. Of interest was a
RED-SHOULDER that had most feathers missing from one wing.
Non-raptor Observations:
Under sunny skies, observers enjoyed the usual variety of late fall birds
at cliffside and along HC Rd including FIELD, WHITE-THROATED & SONG
SPARROWS and numerous "feeder" birds. As well, the flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS
is hanging in, although somewhat reduced in numbers, as we are now seeing
about 2 dozen on a regular basis as compared with the 70+ we had early last
week.
With the shifting flight path today, we stopped at 3 locations, each one
with its own chattering RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. Also, observers noticed a
few meadowhawk dragonflies and an unspecified darner -- interesting
sightings for mid-November!
Predictions:
Weather guessers aren't predicting much change for tomorrow or for the
weekend.
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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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