Hi All ; Sorry for the late post! On Saturday a 2nd Year Bald Eagle was observed flying southward from Lefroy toward Gilford.Also on Saturday 5 Great Egrets were observed flying about the Lefroy/ Gilford(20thSR&2ndLine) areas. Gilford is located on Cooks Bays,Follow Hwy 89 East to the 20th Sideroad,North on the 20th to the 2nd Line of Innisfil. Lefroy is located East of the 20th SR on the 4th Line of Innisfil
Cheer's Garth From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Sep 19 01:13:18 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66EB263D5C for <[email protected]>; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:13:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 2378 invoked by uid 30); 19 Sep 2005 05:10:53 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 19 Sep 2005 01:09:53 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (18 Sep 2005) 29137 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:13:18 -0000 Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 22 22 Osprey 46 215 215 Bald Eagle 30 98 98 Northern Harrier 83 293 293 Sharp-shinned Hawk 963 2960 2960 Cooper's Hawk 9 71 71 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 27540 29293 29293 Red-tailed Hawk 25 76 76 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 428 2049 2049 Merlin 12 48 48 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 11 Unknown 1 38 38 Total: 29137 35177 35177 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Ches Caister Observers: Colin, Keith Sealy, Su Ross-Redmond, Tom Bolohan Visitors: Lots of visitors out to the Cliff again today. Weather: Well...I guess based on today's great count that the nights have been cool enough and the daytime weather nice enough for soaring that the raptors have decided to move out. :) A bright sunny day today with very little cloud cover and temp to 25. Winds were light and from the NW to start the day and then backed around to the SW by the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Great count today with a relatively big flight of Broadwings with 27,540 tallied. Another NEW RECORD today for BALD EAGLES with 30...this is the 3rd 1-day count record that's been broken for 3 different species over the course of the last week! Also, note that with today's count, the one-month record for Ospreys has been broken...it was 177 but is now 215. and the 1-year record for Osprey will most likely be surpassed as it's currently at 226 (set in 2002). Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Doesn't look good for Monday with a chance of showers and light SE winds....the worst wind for observing good raptor flights at Hawk Cliff. :( ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Site Description: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie Directions to site: >From east 401, take the Highbury south cut off at London, follow Highbury (Hwy 30) south to St. Thomas. Highbury changes into South Edgeware at a large curve in the road to the west. Follow South Edgeware west to the first set of traffic lights - Burwell Road, turn left (south) and stay on this road. It becomes Fairview Ave (Regional Road 22), which runs directly into Hawk Cliff Road. You will see a sign for Hawkes Cliff Farm, where they sell fresh vegetables and a gravel road just beyond sign. Just continue down gravel road to viewing area. >From west 401, take the Highway # 4 (Colonel Talbot Rd.) exit south, through Talbotville, road now is Sunset Rd. continue towards St. Thomas; you will come to a veer in the road, straight up to St. Thomas, veer to the right for Port Stanley, follow Highway 4, now Sunset to Port Stanley. As you approach Port Stanley you will come to a large curve in the road with a sign saying East St, to the left. Take East St., and follow it to the first road left, (opposite Port Stanley Water Tower) Dexter Line. Follow Dexter Line approximately 2 km. and turn right down gravel road at Hawkes Cliff Farm, and follow gravel road to viewing area
