Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 59 9607 9765 Osprey 1 38 181 Bald Eagle 3 43 142 Northern Harrier 15 416 902 Sharp-shinned Hawk 313 5775 11024 Cooper's Hawk 11 225 274 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 25 25 Broad-winged Hawk 1 762 73018 Red-tailed Hawk 6 219 243 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 14 14 American Kestrel 14 2275 4997 Merlin 2 49 107 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 35 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: 427 19464 100732 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Chris Street, Dave Verkley, Don Taylor, Kathy, Keith Sealy, Mark Cunningham, Phil Waggett, Tom Thomas Visitors: None today. Thanks to all the counters and observers...Colin, Don T., Phil W., Kathy, mark, Dave V., Keith, Ton T. and Chris Street. Weather: Much the same weatherwise...only today some cloud built in which helped with spotting the birds. Winds were calm to start and then went to light from the SE. Temps were warmer from 10C to a high of 27C. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Pileated Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrows and Am. Pipits...and a couple hundred Blue jays. Lots of E. Starlings and Am. Crows on the move as well. ======================================================================== 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