Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 4 735 735
Osprey 5 226 255
Bald Eagle 1 138 138
Northern Harrier 8 750 780
Sharp-shinned Hawk 148 6899 6916
Cooper's Hawk 1 94 95
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 11
Broad-winged Hawk 2 98546 98559
Red-tailed Hawk 3 42 56
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 31 3385 3439
Merlin 0 129 131
Peregrine Falcon 7 52 52
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: 210 111008 111168
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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: Alf Rider, Dave Weare, Don Taylor, Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn,
Kathy, Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan, Matt Oswald,
Ronnie Goodhand, Wayne Parnall
Visitors:
Thanks to today counter and observers...Colin, Jim, Matt, Ernie, Don T.,
Dave Weare, Kathy, Mark, Wayne, Ronnie, Alf, Tim McF.
Visitors today were Geoffrey and Monica Watts (Hamilton), Lois Evans
(Hamilton) and Peter Hoskins (Australia).
Weather:
Heavy fog to start the day with low visibility. It eventually burned off to
a day with mixed sun and cloud and temp to a high of 20C. The winds started
light from the SW and increased slightly to moderate.
Raptor Observations:
A small flight today of 210 birds. The only real highlight...7 Peregrines,
mostly at the cliff edge with one passing just to the north of the
observation knoll.
Non-raptor Observations:
Thanks to Ernie Gribble for the bulk of today's passerine
observations...with contributions from Lois Evans and Mary Carnahan.
Hawk watchers on the knoll had a great view of the 30,000 BLUE JAYS
migrating past Hawk Cliff today. As well, the trees and bushes behind the
knoll and just across the road were filled with warblers, vireos, kinglets
and other species today. Highlights included 13 warblers (no
orange-crowned yet!), RED-EYED & BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, many GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and a noisy RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.
In the more wooded areas, an influx of thrushes was evident today with
sightings of both SWAINSON'S & GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.
In the non-avian, non-raptor department, today's highlight was a small,
cryptic tree frog relaxing on a roadside grape leaf near Sharpie Alley.
Predictions:
Predicting light SW winds to 15kph...a mix of 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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