Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php