Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 2034 19839 20037
Osprey 1 12 212
Bald Eagle 6 86 230
Northern Harrier 38 245 557
Sharp-shinned Hawk 196 3246 8103
Cooper's Hawk 31 132 187
Northern Goshawk 0 3 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 101 189 189
Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 100354
Red-tailed Hawk 466 827 833
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4
Golden Eagle 6 16 16
American Kestrel 4 1371 3791
Merlin 1 22 96
Peregrine Falcon 2 22 50
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: 2886 26027 134672
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead, Mac McAlpine
Observers: Dave Brown, Dave Verkley, Derek Lyon, Jennifer Lyon,
Jim Dunn, Mac McAlpine, Mary Carnahan, Phil Waggett,
Rebecca Vile, Ronnie Goodhand, Su Ross-Redmond,
Wayne Parnall
Visitors:
A number of visitors today with Peter Francis and gina Mason (T.O.),
Virginia, Bib and Dave Ford (London), Carrie Graham (Gibson's Landing, BC),
Sandra and michael Holden (Cambridge), Karen Devries and Paul Thomas
(London), Jeff Atkinson (St. Thomas), Lisa Cox (Kitchener), Peter Helmuth
(New Hamburg), Chris and Jim Applegate (London), Vanessa, Phil and Claire
Lovell (London), Kathy, Ann and Carol.
Weather:
Winds were light to moderate mainly from the NNE and NE for the day. There
was good broken cloud cover for most of the day...in fact it was about as
good as it gets for a good flight and excellent viewing. Temp was very cool
with a high of just 12C and a bit of windchill early on with the temp
starting at just 2C.
Raptor Observations:
A very good flight again with 2886 birds tallied. TV's (2034) dominated
once again...but Redtails (466) and Red-shoulders (101) moved through in
decent numbers. Quite a few Cooper's Hawks (31)...with other highlights
Golden Eagle (6), Peregrine (2) and a late Osprey (1).
Non-raptor Observations:
A single Black-crowned Night-heron, Common Loons (5) and lots of
passerines.
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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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