Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1746 7573 7731
Osprey 2 26 169
Bald Eagle 7 31 130
Northern Harrier 20 330 816
Sharp-shinned Hawk 918 4520 9769
Cooper's Hawk 30 158 207
Northern Goshawk 1 3 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 14 14
Broad-winged Hawk 64 739 72995
Red-tailed Hawk 63 125 149
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 158 2179 4901
Merlin 2 40 98
Peregrine Falcon 1 7 30
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
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 3016 15747 97015
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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, Dave Verkley, Jim Dunn, Kathy, Keith Sealy,
Marguerite Irwin, Mary Carnahan, Matt Oswald,
Wayne Parnall
Visitors:
A few visitors today...Don Thomas (Cambridge) was the only one whose name
we got. Thanks to our counters today...Colin, Marguerite, Wayne, Matt, Jim,
Kathy, Clive, Mary, Dave V. and Keith.
Weather:
What little bit of cloud we had first thing disappeared quickly and made
for difficult viewing in pure blue skies. Winds were light from NW for the
day. Temp ranged from 10C to a much warmer 22C by mid-afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
A good flight today with a total of 3,016...the bulk of which were TV's
(1.746) and Sharpies (918) and Kestrels another (158).
Other species included Osprey (2), Bald Eagle (7), Harrier (20), Cooper's
(30), N. Goshawk (1), Red-shoulers (4), BW's (64), Redtails (63), Merlins
(2) and one more Peregrine. The height of today's flight was very low to
start and then some got much higher on what thermals there were.
Non-raptor Observations:
Although things were fairly quiet on the non-raptor front, a few highlights
are worth noting. 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were spotted crossing the
field. A few Tree Swallows were seen flying along the cliff and about
mid-afternoon, 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallows were spotted from the
mound. As well, a keey-eyed hawkwatcher spotted a Common Raven (a first
for the season) among the raptors flying towards the mound.
The Blue Jay count for today was 4000 and 6 warbler species were reported,
including Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Black-throated Green
Blackpoll and a single Common Yellowthroat.
Predictions:
The winds aren't going to be the best tomorrow if W and Se as
predicted...but the skies will be sunny again so there will be birds on the
move.
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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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