Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2667 7885 8367 Osprey 0 7 137 Bald Eagle 3 31 193 Northern Harrier 6 60 341 Sharp-shinned Hawk 380 1692 5706 Cooper's Hawk 4 39 116 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 4 7 Broad-winged Hawk 2 66 22147 Red-tailed Hawk 6 15 67 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 51 253 2269 Merlin 0 2 52 Peregrine Falcon 3 59 115 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: 3123 10114 39519 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Dave Verkley, Derek Lyon, Don Taylor, Jacques Giraud, Jennifer Lyon, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Mark Cunningham, Mary Carnahan, Wayne Parnall Visitors: A few visitors today including Claire Gibson (Richmond Hill), Moira Fennel (Oshawa) Weather: A much nicer day today with broken cloud cover...lots of sun...temp to a high of 15C. Winds were light from the N and WNW...then going variable for the last few hours. Raptor Observations: A good flight of TV's (2667)...and a steady movement of Sharpies (380)...with 3 more Peregrines. Total birds were 3123. Non-raptor Observations: Common Highthawk, Swamp, Lincolns, White-throated, White-crowned Sparrows, Chimney Swifts, N. Parula, BT Green, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Tennessee, Yellow-rumped, Pine,RC and GC Kinglet, E. Bluebird, Warbling Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Am. Robins, RB Grosbeak, E. Phoebe, RT Hummingbird, a few Monarchs. E. Towhee, Gray Catbird, Red-bellied and Downie Woodpecker, N. Flicker, Great Horned Owl. lots of flocks of Blackbirds, Blue Jays and Crows Predictions: Sunday weather is looking nice...though the winds are supposed to be moderate from the W. Still, we have had decent flights on such winds and with nice weather after an extended period of unsettled weather the birds will likely be moving through. At this point Monday is looking like rain coming in. ======================================================================== 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