Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 539 2421 3108 Osprey 1 8 123 Bald Eagle 7 23 161 Northern Harrier 2 22 364 Sharp-shinned Hawk 82 444 4153 Cooper's Hawk 3 18 154 Northern Goshawk 0 2 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 11 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 14896 Red-tailed Hawk 22 77 536 Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 5 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 35 112 2529 Merlin 4 15 50 Peregrine Falcon 9 35 52 Unknown 0 0 13 Total: 704 3185 26159 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Su Ross-Redmond Observers: Barry Cherriere, Keith Sealy, Linda Weather: Cloud cover early with lots of blue sky as the day progresed. Strong SW winds switching to W for the day today...temp to 20. Observations: More Peregrines today...which we all hoped for! :) A total of 9 today. Also another 4 Merlins. The majority of the count was TV's and Sharpies with a total of 704 birds counted. ======================================================================== 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
