Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 297 11045 11243
Osprey 0 10 210
Bald Eagle 5 67 211
Northern Harrier 6 154 466
Sharp-shinned Hawk 122 1831 6688
Cooper's Hawk 10 53 108
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 48 48
Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 100354
Red-tailed Hawk 6 102 108
Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 6 1189 3609
Merlin 1 12 86
Peregrine Falcon 0 16 44
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: 454 14543 123188
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Don Taylor, Jacques Giraud, Jim Dunn, John Potticary,
Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand, Sam Lee, Shay Redmond
Visitors:
Cathy Knott (St. Thomas), Brett(?)
Weather:
Light N winds and then variable winds settling S and SW for the remainder
of the day. Temp made it to 17C. Not a cloud in the sky making observing
very difficult.
Raptor Observations:
The flight started slowly...but eventually picked up and resulted in 454
birds tallied. Best bird of the day was our first Rough-legged Hawk for the
season...a nice light-morph.
Non-raptor Observations:
Various individuals reported Bluebirds, kinglets, a very late Ruby-throated
Hummingbird and to the west of the hawkwatch site 400+ Yellow-rumped
Warblers in many flocks moving along the lakeshore.
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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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