Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2014
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 6 953 28042
Osprey 0 1 119
Bald Eagle 5 33 139
Northern Harrier 2 45 705
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 173 9139
Cooper's Hawk 2 50 324
Northern Goshawk 0 8 20
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 280 675
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 70722
Red-tailed Hawk 71 2139 4222
Rough-legged Hawk 4 20 25
Golden Eagle 6 92 157
American Kestrel 0 6 2459
Merlin 0 5 84
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 163
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: 105 3808 116996
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Tom Bolohan
Observers: Chris Burris, Don Taylor, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy,
Mary Carnahan
Visitors:
Today`s count thanks to observers Tom B., Jim, Mary, Keith, Don, Chris and
a couple of other visitors.
Weather:
Clear skies over the cliff area, clouds to the north and south until 1:00
pm when we had 100% cloud cover. Winds were WNW to W. Temp got to a high of
just 3C.
Raptor Observations:
Not a bad flight today with a total of 105 birds. Highlights for the day
included 6 more Golden Eagles and 4 more Roughlegs. Also spotted today were
N. Harriers (2), Sharpies (6), Bald Eagles (5), Cooper's Hawks (2),
Redtails (71) and Red-shoulders (3) and lastly 6 TVs were also counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
There was less activity this morning in the bushes along Hawk Cliff Rd but
we did manage to find a few species including Americn Goldfinch, American
Robin, Downy and Hairy Woodpecker plus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, as well as
Song and White-throated Sparrows, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black-capped
Chickadees, Hermit Thrush, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Pine Siskins,
Northern Cardinals and Blue Jays. Flocks flying over were American Crows
(100 +), Swans (very few today!), Horned Larks, Eastern Bluebirds, Eurpean
Starlings (way too many to count!), and the usual parade of Ring-billed
Gulls.
Predictions:
More sunshine for Saturday but with W winds which hold back the flight a
bit. Still...if there are birds out there they'll likely attempt to move to
escape the heavier snow in many areas of Ontario.
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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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