Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 56 216 38235
Osprey 0 0 190
Bald Eagle 0 0 194
Northern Harrier 38 43 1152
Sharp-shinned Hawk 49 63 13142
Cooper's Hawk 9 16 425
Northern Goshawk 2 2 23
Red-shouldered Hawk 70 86 734
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 73020
Red-tailed Hawk 117 305 2300
Rough-legged Hawk 3 3 12
Golden Eagle 4 16 163
American Kestrel 1 1 5088
Merlin 0 0 149
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 38
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
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 349 751 134866
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Don Campbell, Eric Jeffery, Eric Single, Jim Dunn, Kathy,
Mary Carnahan, Phil Waggett, Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
Thanks to today's counters...Colin, Jim, Eric J., Kathy, Mary, Don C., Eric
S. (with Molly), Ronnie, Phil W. and Tim.
Weather:
Finally, some winds from a northerly direction...even if they were light
for the day, they started from the NW and then back to N for the rest of
the day. There was 100% cloud cover with an ugly grayish sky for the whole
count period and the temp was pretty much steady at 11C. It was a bit hazy
and humidity was high for much of the morning cutting down on the
visibility...but this eventually burned off about midday and the visibility
increased.
Raptor Observations:
Another reasonably good flight for early Nov. with 349 birds total...with
10 different species. A third of today's flight was Redtails (117)...then
good numbers of Red-shoulers (70), Harriers (38), TVs (56) and Sharpies
(49)...and smaller numbers of Cooper's (9), Goshawks (2), Roughlegs (3) and
a lone Kestrel. There were also 4 more Golden Eagles tallied.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not much was stirring at the Cliff this morning, except for an early
Long-eared Owl, spotted by Eric S. About mid-morning things picked up a
bit with many Cedar Waxwings, Robins, and Starlings plus many large flocks
of mixed Blackbirds flying overhead very high. A few Eastern Bluebirds are
still in hanging around and can be heard and seen at both the Cliff and the
B&B. Most other species were quiet although there were 2 noisy Gray
Catbirds in the hollow north of the knoll, some Nuthatch action at the
entrance to the woods with loud trumpeting from both White-breasted and
Red-breasted, although today's lighting conditions made sightings a
challenge. Another nice find in the entrance to the woods was a flock of
at least 8 Yellow-rumped Warblers.
At the B&B, the Killdeer are hanging in and what we assumed was a single
Northern Shrike put in several appearances throughout the morning. A
couple of Common Loons flew over the field as well.
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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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