Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 13 18
Osprey 8 120 122
Bald Eagle 15 122 124
Northern Harrier 69 504 507
Sharp-shinned Hawk 649 5448 5453
Cooper's Hawk 7 55 56
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 3104 39263 39264
Red-tailed Hawk 2 8 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 60 2010 2057
Merlin 4 96 96
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown 6 7
Total: 3918 47651 47722
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Dave Brown, Dean Stack, Derek Lyon, Jason McGuire,
Jennifer Lyon, Keith Sealy, Rebecca Vile, Su Ross-Redmond,
Tim Foran, Tom Bolohan
Visitors:
Lots of visitors again today of probably 150 to 200 people out to enjoy the
Hawk Cliff Weekend #1 activities. My thanks to all those who helped count
again today....especially under such tough viewing conditions.
Weather:
Lots of bright sunny skies today with little cloud over Hawk Cliff due to
the light southerly winds. Temp was still cooler with a high of 17 C and
the barometric pressure was rising while the humidity dropped. There was
obviously some good thermals developing inland given the build up of large
cumulous cloud formations.
Raptor Observations:
The day's flight was actually much better than expected with the weather
conditions. Our total was 3,918 birds with the bulk being Broadwings
(3,104) and Sharpies (649). Alot fewer Kestrels (60) today but not a bad
number of Bald Eagles (15).
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Winds are predicted to stay SE for at least another day...which is the
worst wind direction for good flights at the Hawk Cliff hawkwatch.
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Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm
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