Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 60 158 158 Osprey 1 85 85 Bald Eagle 4 31 31 Northern Harrier 36 341 341 Sharp-shinned Hawk 157 2286 2286 Cooper's Hawk 5 41 41 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 93 3074 3074 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 157 2617 2617 Merlin 4 45 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 33 33 Unknown 0 12 12 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 518 8724 8724 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Barry Cherriere, Linda, Shay Redmond, Tom Pepler Weather: Stronger SW winds eventually swinging around to W in the afternoon. Lots of cloud cover again today with a bit of rain mid morning. Temp up to just 15. Observations: The highlight of the day was a Swaison's Hawk!!...a western species that we usually see just 1 of each fall...maybe this year if we're lucky we'll get a couple more!! :) The TV's appear to be finally moving in some numbers as this was the second day of larger flights for them. Still good numbers of Sharpies and Kestrels and even 93 more Broadwings. Predictions: Well I've checked several different weather websites and I see wind forecasts of initially W and then NW late in the day. Weather itself should be sunny with broken cloud and no precip so there will definitely be birds moving...just not sure it will be that big of a flight. ======================================================================== 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.
