Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 818 11820 11978 Osprey 0 27 112 Bald Eagle 5 67 98 Northern Harrier 29 958 1299 Sharp-shinned Hawk 378 5819 8105 Cooper's Hawk 57 447 488 Northern Goshawk 6 24 24 Red-shouldered Hawk 217 295 295 Broad-winged Hawk 5 2243 5317 Red-tailed Hawk 771 1212 1212 Rough-legged Hawk 4 7 7 Golden Eagle 1 3 3 American Kestrel 18 1903 4520 Merlin 2 52 97 Peregrine Falcon 0 55 88 Unknown 7 80 92 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 2318 25013 33737 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.67 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Visitors: Thanks to P. Verkley for helping again today...we really appreciate all the help we've had this year at the cliff. Weather: Moderate N winds kept things a lot cooler today with a high of only 8. Lots of cloud cover for easy viewing of the raptors. Observations: A really good flight today with a total of 2276 counted of 13 different species. Some nice numbers of Red-shoulders and Red-tails with 217 and 771 respectively. Another Golden Eagle today and 4 Rough-legged Hawks as well!! Also some very late Broadwings with 5. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
