Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1788 13871 14069
Osprey 1 11 211
Bald Eagle 1 74 218
Northern Harrier 14 195 507
Sharp-shinned Hawk 478 2942 7799
Cooper's Hawk 20 87 142
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 53 53
Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 100354
Red-tailed Hawk 29 171 177
Rough-legged Hawk 2 3 3
Golden Eagle 3 6 6
American Kestrel 71 1360 3780
Merlin 1 19 93
Peregrine Falcon 0 20 48
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 2411 18827 127472
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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: Brian Hawthorne, Dave Brown, Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn,
John Potticary, Mary Carnahan, Rebecca Vile,
Ronnie Goodhand, Tim King, Tom Bolohan, Tom Thomas,
Wayne Parnall
Visitors:
Andree Descoteaux and Louise Lord (Montreal), Bill and Beverly Panas, Ken
and Barbie Sackett (Ancaster), Kathy, Carol and Ann, Bruce Gates, Mike Rowe
Weather:
Winds from the NW for the day...light increasing to moderate. Much cooler
today with a high of just 13C. Initially blue skies started to cloud over
and by early afternoon had reached almost 100% coverage.
Raptor Observations:
A great hawkwatching day today with near perfect weather (just a bit oo
much cloud cover). Total for the day was 2411. The big highlight today was
3 Golden Eagles...one which circled just to the north of the counters. We
also had a couple of Roughlegs pass through. Still seeing quite a few
Kestrels for getting this far into the season. Strangely, there were very
few buteos on the move today with only a few Red-shoulders (3) and Redtails
(29). On the other hand there was a great flight of Sharpies (478)...and
lots more TV's (1793). The lone Osprey was getting quite late for the
season.
Non-raptor Observations:
Flocks of Robins, Pipits, a couple of Bluebirds. Not many passerines active
today with so many sharpies on the move and basically on the deck.
Predictions:
Friday is predicted to be sunny with cloudy periods and NE winds. Given
today's good flight, I suspect tomorrow will also be quite good...but the
birds will be higher on the NE winds.
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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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