Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 46 291 291 Osprey 5 109 109 Bald Eagle 10 102 102 Northern Harrier 8 302 302 Sharp-shinned Hawk 137 3210 3210 Cooper's Hawk 12 103 103 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 8 14867 14867 Red-tailed Hawk 44 234 234 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 47 1833 1833 Merlin 0 32 32 Peregrine Falcon 1 12 12 Unknown 5 6 6 Total: 324 21107 21107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Alf Ryder, Dave Brown, Mac Visitors: Lots again today...thanks to all who were out to help spot the birds on such a toug sky. The visitors from furthest away were a young couple from Switzerland...I didn't catch their names :) Weather: Bit of fog first thing this morning. Eventually, broke out to clear blue skies...finally got cumulus clouds building near midday. Temp to 21 and winds mainly N and light. Unfortunately the next HIGH moved in and the air dried out in a hurry...and poof all the clouds went away...as did the birds! TUV=5 (Very Good) but only for the morning. Observations: FIRST GOLDEN EAGLE for the 2004 count!! It was a beautiful immature bird doing a great power glide to the west. Also, lots more Bald Eagles again today and a single Peregrine Falcon. Just a ton of warblers again today for the first couple of hours. Included Northern Parula, Cape May, Black-throated Blue and Green and many more. Also of note were a singing Towhee and White-throated Sparrow. Predictions: Variable winds and another stationary front to our south. Not expecting a large flight. ======================================================================== 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