Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 3509 11394 11876
Osprey 0 7 137
Bald Eagle 16 47 209
Northern Harrier 32 92 373
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1694 3386 7400
Cooper's Hawk 11 50 127
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 14 17
Broad-winged Hawk 9 75 22156
Red-tailed Hawk 24 39 91
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 3 3 4
American Kestrel 201 454 2470
Merlin 0 2 52
Peregrine Falcon 1 60 116
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: 5510 15624 45029
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Ches Caister, Dave Verkley, Derek Lyon, Jason McGuire,
Jennifer Lyon, Jim Dunn, Kathy, Mark Cunningham,
Mary Carnahan, Tim King, Tom Bolohan
Visitors:
Quite a few visitors today. Thanks to everyone that helped out today
especially with so many birds in the air at the same time.
Weather:
Today was just about perfect hawk migration weather...light to moderate W
and then NW winds for the whole count period. Nice blue skies with some
cloud around and low humidity as the air dried quickly as the morning
progressed.
Raptor Observations:
Fantastic flight today with 5510 birds tallied. Granted, the majority were
TV's (3509)...but the Sharpies were on the move in very good numbers as
well (1694) and in fact in the hour from 12-1 p.m. the counters tallied 515
Sharpies which is approaching our 1-hours record of 732 (Sep 23, 2005). A
nice count of Bald Eagles (16) and even a few Golden Eagles (3)...some
Red-shoulders (10) and Redtails (24) on the move...along with a few
surprises with Broadwings (9) and Kestrels (201).
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of good passerines noted today as well (thanks to Tim King and Jason
McGuire for their report)...including American Pipt, lots of Common Loons,
BT Green, BT Blue, Blackpoll, Nashville, Orange-crowned (6-12 birds),
Yellow, Wilson's...Eastern W-Pewee, Phoebe, House and Winter Wren, lots of
kinglets, Eastern Kingbird, Hermit Thrush, Philadelphia, Red-eyed and
Blue-headed vireo...Field and Clay-coloured Sparrow.
Predictions:
Monday could start with not a bad flight...if there's a bit of an upflight
of birds that ended up stopping in the Hawk Cliff area from today's big
flight. Tuesday look quite promising with predicted NW winds and sun and
cloud.
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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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