Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 124 13092 13453 Osprey 0 42 360 Bald Eagle 4 119 321 Northern Harrier 12 339 832 Sharp-shinned Hawk 93 5510 11502 Cooper's Hawk 10 353 505 Northern Goshawk 2 30 34 Red-shouldered Hawk 48 798 799 Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 34424 Red-tailed Hawk 304 2865 3034 Rough-legged Hawk 4 26 26 Golden Eagle 8 26 26 American Kestrel 0 566 3981 Merlin 1 70 182 Peregrine Falcon 0 60 115 Unknown 0 26 101 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Total: 610 23939 69696 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Su Ross-Redmond Observers: Colin Horstead, Don Taylor, Matt Oswald, Tom Thomas Visitors: Some long-distance visitors today...Ann and Ron Lambeth from Grand Junction Colorado! Luckily they got some nice birds today :) Many of the usual crew were onsite to help with today's count. Weather: Moderate NW winds and lots of cloud cover. Temp to 7C. Raptor Observations: A total of 610 birds tallied for the day...involving 11 different species. Highlights were the 8 GOLDEN EAGLES and 4 ROUGHLEGS. Some good numbers of Redtails and Red-shoulders. A single Merlin. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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 Site Description: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie Directions to site: >From east 401, take the Highbury south cut off at London, follow Highbury (Hwy 30) south to St. Thomas. Highbury changes into South Edgeware at a large curve in the road to the west. Follow South Edgeware west to the first set of traffic lights - Burwell Road, turn left (south) and stay on this road. It becomes Fairview Ave (Regional Road 22), which runs directly into Hawk Cliff Road. You will see a sign for Hawkes Cliff Farm, where they sell fresh vegetables and a gravel road just beyond sign. Just continue down gravel road to viewing area. >From west 401, take the Highway # 4 (Colonel Talbot Rd.) exit south, through Talbotville, road now is Sunset Rd. continue towards St. Thomas; you will come to a veer in the road, straight up to St. Thomas, veer to the right for Port Stanley, follow Highway 4, now Sunset to Port Stanley. As you approach Port Stanley you will come to a large curve in the road with a sign saying East St, to the left. Take East St., and follow it to the first road left, (opposite Port Stanley Water Tower) Dexter Line. Follow Dexter Line approximately 2 km. and turn right down gravel road at Hawkes Cliff Farm, and follow gravel road to viewing area