Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 662 12482 12640 Osprey 0 27 112 Bald Eagle 3 70 101 Northern Harrier 13 971 1312 Sharp-shinned Hawk 111 5930 8216 Cooper's Hawk 21 468 509 Northern Goshawk 8 32 32 Red-shouldered Hawk 343 638 638 Broad-winged Hawk 1 2244 5318 Red-tailed Hawk 750 1962 1962 Rough-legged Hawk 6 13 13 Golden Eagle 15 18 18 American Kestrel 3 1906 4523 Merlin 0 52 97 Peregrine Falcon 0 55 88 Unknown 26 106 118 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 1962 26975 35699 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Mac, Shay Redmond Visitors: Thanks to T. Thomas for helping spot birds today :) Weather: Started out at 0 today and reached a high of 8...seems like winter's not far away :) Lots of cloud cover again today with some good sunny breaks. Definitely one of the best days so far this year for an excellent raptor flight. Light N to NW winds all day. Observations: Wow!! An awesome flight today with highlights including 15 Golden Eagles!! Shay Redmond got a nice shot of one of the immatures...check out the Hawk Cliff Foundation website photo gallery to see the pic. Other good birds were 6 Rough-legged Hawks, 343 Red-shoulders and another 750 Red-tails. ======================================================================== 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.
