Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 3419 15472 15954
Osprey 0 7 137
Bald Eagle 7 56 218
Northern Harrier 23 127 408
Sharp-shinned Hawk 333 3786 7800
Cooper's Hawk 14 67 144
Northern Goshawk 1 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 26 29
Broad-winged Hawk 1 77 22158
Red-tailed Hawk 18 66 118
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 3 4
American Kestrel 183 645 2661
Merlin 6 8 58
Peregrine Falcon 2 62 118
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 4017 20405 49810
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Eric Single, Jim Dunn, Jim Longhurst, Kathy, Keith Sealy,
Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan, Ronnie Goodhand,
Tom Bolohan, Wayne Parnall
Visitors:
A few visitors today but sorry didn't get any names. :)
Weather:
Another near perfect day for hawk migration and hawkwatching. Winds were
light from the NW to start then gained strength as the morning wore on.
Lots of cloud cover and again rain threatened but never really developed.
Temp was still cool with a high of 10C.
Raptor Observations:
An excellent flight today with a total of 4017 birds...including TV's
(3419), Sharpies (333), a few each of Red-shoulders (10) and Redtails (18).
Our second Goshawk of the season along with a lone Broadwing and some good
falcon sightings with Kestrels (183), Merlins (6) and Peregrines (2). There
were 12 different species tallied for the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
Thanks fot Mary C. for a list of other sightings...highlights were Sandhill
Cranes (3), lots of Common Loons, Orange-crowned Waeblers, lots of
Kinglets, Tree Swallos (75+), Purple Martin, Chimney Swift, Winter and
House Wren, large flocks of Blue Jays, Blackbirds, Crows and Am. Goldfinch.
Also a Pileated Woodpecker.
Predictions:
Wednesday looks good with predicted moderate NE winds and lots of sun with
a few clouds.
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Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.on.ca)
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm
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