Hi All, A quick report from the Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch for Saturday, Oct 22nd.
As Pete Read mentioned, a small group from the OFO joined the Hawk Cliff counters today...and my thanks to them and all others who helped spot and identify the birds. I'm glad the group got at least a reasonably decent flight to watch...although, as Pete suspected, they missed the only GOLDEN EAGLE for the day. Ches (the official counter for today) tells me it showed up just after everyone had left (of course) and passed right overhead. :) The totals for the day are as follows...and note that more detailed notes will be submitted to the Hawkcount site when I get the official HMANA sheet which I was unable to get ahold of tonight. TV-55 OS-1 BE-3 NH-10 SS-109 CH-22 NG-1 RS-4 RT-99 RL-2 (DP) GE-1 (JUV) AK-2 ML-2 UB-2 The upcoming week now looks very promising if the predicted wind directions and eventual drier weather hold....which would be perfect for our anticipated Golden Eagle flight which normally occurs sometime over the next week or so. 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 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 23 08:06:42 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 CD9F863B3E for <[email protected]>; Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:06:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 25433 invoked by uid 30); 23 Oct 2005 12:01:34 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 23 Oct 2005 08:10:34 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (22 Oct 2005) 3235 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:06:43 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2392 90494 92009 Osprey 0 28 236 Bald Eagle 3 61 157 Northern Harrier 15 150 525 Sharp-shinned Hawk 99 2509 8189 Cooper's Hawk 36 391 568 Northern Goshawk 3 24 26 Red-shouldered Hawk 51 491 495 Broad-winged Hawk 0 105 91088 Red-tailed Hawk 626 3405 3766 Rough-legged Hawk 3 32 32 Golden Eagle 5 19 19 American Kestrel 2 177 1734 Merlin 0 14 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 26 46 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 3235 97928 198968 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jeff Schultz Visitors: Ron Harkness Gloria Harkness Tim Smart Weather: Today was cloudy for the most part with moderate north-northwest winds. Raptor Observations: The flight was steady throughout the day continuing into early evening. The breakdown was a continuation of the last couple of days with Buteos dominating the flight but with still a very good showing from the TVs. Today’s numbers push the vulture total beyond the Broad-wing count, something obviously that has never happened before at this site. Highlighting the day were a partially albino Red-tail and two dark morph Rough-legs. One of the Rough-legs was very cooperative, making a pass fairly low overhead. Non-raptor Observations: A non-raptor highlight was a fly-by Cattle Egret. =======================================================================Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
