Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 2
Osprey 9 33 48
Bald Eagle 4 10 10
Northern Harrier 10 59 92
Sharp-shinned Hawk 447 1013 1046
Cooper's Hawk 2 6 6
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 55 91 124
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 3
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 83 349 447
Merlin 0 10 20
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
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: 610 1571 1798
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Clive Hodder, Don Taylor, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy,
Matt Oswald
Visitors:
Some visitors today including Jack and Anamae Balfour (London) and Kirk
and Kathy Mitchell.
Weather:
A better day than had been predicted with the rain holding off and lots of
cloud cover for the day. Temp ranged from 17C to 22C and the winds were
light all day from the NE then swinging to SE and S. Not the best
visibility for the first few hours with fog and haze...then better for the
afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
A really great flight for this early in September with a total of 610
raptors of 7 different species including... Sharpies (447), Kesterls(83),
Harriers (10), Ospreys (9), Bald Eagles (4) and Cooper's Hawk (2). Another
small flight of Broadwings (55) was also observed...most right around
midday which is typical for our buteo species.
Non-raptor Observations:
Some passerines were also noted....Chiney Swifts, BC chicaldees,
Catbirds,Tree Swallows, RT hummingbirds, edar Waxwings, Great Blue Heron
(5), Green Heron (1), Common Loon (3) and common nighthawk (2). Also quite
a few Monarchs were observed throughout the day.
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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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