Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 26 26 Osprey 5 70 70 Bald Eagle 2 19 19 Northern Harrier 29 217 217 Sharp-shinned Hawk 208 1329 1329 Cooper's Hawk 6 28 28 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 4 2297 2297 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 125 1991 1991 Merlin 5 34 34 Peregrine Falcon 1 17 17 Unknown 4 12 12 Total: 389 6040 6040 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.33 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Harvey Patterson Weather: Lots of cloud for the entire count period today. Cooler temps continued with a high of 18. Winds were mainly SE which is typically not favourable for a big flight. Observations: As it turned out the count for today wasn't too bad with a total of 389 birds recorded...mostly Sharpies and Kestrels. Of note were numerous Cooper's, Merlin and even a couple more Peregrines thrown in for good measure! Predictions: Strong SW winds this close to October 1st means it's Peregrine time!! I expect there'll be a decent flight if the wind is as heavy as they're predicting. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.on.ca) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie reports@hawkcount.org Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.