Good evening. At 2:30 p.m today my brother Robert and I were at Wheatley
Harbour looking for rare gulls. I was just about to manoeuvre into better
position to scope what looked like a Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult) when the
greenhorn says to me, "Hey Randy, what's this little thing over there on the
water?" I turned around and looked into the channel, and not forty feet away
was a beautiful Red Phalarope in complete basic plumage bobbing around in a
most cooperative way. I couldn't believe it. We had extraordinary looks at it
in the scope, through binoculars, and even with the naked eye, as it came
almost directly below us a few times. The bird was still present when we left
around 3:30, having also been seen by Marianne "Her Eminence" Reid, and Mike
Mencotti et al. from Michigan.
This morning at the tip of Point Pelee, we also had a Purple Sandpiper which
hung around till about 9:30. An hour later, an extremely late immature Red Knot
flew in with 2 Sanderlings but only stayed 3-4 minutes before heading out. At
Sturgeon Creek there were the usual 100 or so Dunlin, some 7-8 White-rumped
Sandpipers, and one Semipalmated Sandpiper. Two Greater Yellowlegs were in
Muddy Creek in Wheatley.
By the way, there WAS a LBBG at Wheatley Harbour.
Good birding!
Randy Horvath, Windsor
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff (05 Nov 2004) 68 Raptors
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Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 33 556 10070
Osprey 0 0 137
Bald Eagle 0 12 200
Northern Harrier 4 39 496
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 115 5897
Cooper's Hawk 1 43 373
Northern Goshawk 0 20 42
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 206 463
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 14900
Red-tailed Hawk 15 1539 3758
Rough-legged Hawk 2 52 95
Golden Eagle 2 45 85
American Kestrel 1 3 2677
Merlin 0 1 70
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 61
Unknown 0 9 33
Total: 68 2642 39357
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Su Ross-Redmond
Observers: Keith Sealy
Visitors:
Dennis and Gwen Lewington...who actually got the 2 Goldens for the count !!
Thanks guys.
Weather:
Quite cool today with strong NW backing to WNW winds. Cloud cover
increasing through the day.
TUV=3 (Fair).
Observations:
Not many birds today with only 68 total. Highlights were 2 Golden Eagles
and 2 Roughlegs. Also a very late Kestrel (we typically average about 2
Kestrels in November).
Predictions:
Looks really good for Sunday...strong NW winds and promising skies.
Predicted TUV (Thermal Updraft Velocity) = 4 (Good) so might get some
decent kettles od Redtails and Roughlegs. :)
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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
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch:
Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port
Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie
