Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 13
Osprey 3 114 120
Bald Eagle 6 128 146
Northern Harrier 38 218 243
Sharp-shinned Hawk 283 3172 3198
Cooper's Hawk 5 58 60
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 58 22006 22033
Red-tailed Hawk 15 35 40
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 193 1844 1858
Merlin 4 41 44
Peregrine Falcon 8 27 30
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 613 27644 27786
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 11 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Dave Verkley, Ernie Gribble, Jason McGuire, Jim Dunn, Kathy,
Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan, Pete Read, Peter Booker,
Ronnie Goodhand, Tom Thomas
Visitors:
Thanks to Sally, Cathy and crew and to Don & Beth Wigle for the help
spotting the birds.
Weather:
Early light NW winds shifted to straight N. Temp made it to 23C with low
humidity for the day. Cloud cover was almost complete to start the day then
slowly broke out to a mix of sun and broken cloud.
Raptor Observations:
A total of 613 raptors tallied. Just 58 Broadwings with the highlight being
8 Peregrines.
Non-raptor Observations:
BLJA 20,000+, NOPA, MAWA, AMRE, AMRO,BLPW, BBWA, BLB, EABL, RBNU, RTHU,
NOCA, SEWR, BTBW, BTNW, WIWA, EATO, INBU, AMGO, NOFL, SOSP, GRCA, YBSA,
WTSP, SOSP, BGGN, WEVI
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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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