Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 715 715 715
Osprey 2 156 175
Bald Eagle 11 120 133
Northern Harrier 35 406 455
Sharp-shinned Hawk 455 3993 4000
Cooper's Hawk 5 64 65
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 315 36914 37088
Red-tailed Hawk 22 28 30
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 54 2397 2559
Merlin 0 60 61
Peregrine Falcon 0 70 71
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: 1614 44925 45354
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Dave Weare, Don Campbell, Don Taylor, Eric Single, Kathy,
Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
Thanks to Colin, Don T., Don C., Ronnie, Kathy, Eric and Dave W.
Weather:
A cool start to the day at 13C...with moderate NE winds that continued
thoughout the day. Mostly sunny skies and lower humidity and the temp got
to a high of 16C.
Raptor Observations:
The total birds for today's flight was 1614. Of note was the first real
push of TV's for the season (715). Other species included Osprey (2), Bald
Eagle (11), N. Harriers (35), a great flight of Sharpies (455), Cooper's
Hawks (5), Broadwings (315), Redtails (22) and Kestrels (54).
Non-raptor Observations:
No non-raptor report submitted for today.
Predictions:
Another nice day on the way tomorrow with predicted light to moderate NE
winds...cloud moving in for the afternoon.
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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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