Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 342 10640 10838
Osprey 0 10 210
Bald Eagle 1 61 205
Northern Harrier 2 145 457
Sharp-shinned Hawk 67 1692 6549
Cooper's Hawk 0 43 98
Northern Goshawk 1 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 12 48 48
Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 100354
Red-tailed Hawk 9 96 102
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 6 1181 3601
Merlin 0 11 85
Peregrine Falcon 1 15 43
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 441 13957 122602
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 11:30:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Dave Verkley, Keith Sealy, Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan,
Ronnie Goodhand
Weather:
Fairly windy again today from the E and then swinging round to the SSE.
Temp to just 16C. Clear skies to start but with cloud building to 30% by
midday.
Raptor Observations:
Not a large flight today with 441 birds total. TV's (342) dominated the day
once more...but the highlights were ...adult Northern Goshawk, a lone
Peregrine and Red-shoulders (12).
Non-raptor Observations:
Highlights included a Brown Creeper and a Great Horned Owl.
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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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