HSR: Hawk Cliff (23 Oct 2003) Raptor counts (total=1962)
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Sat Oct 25 08:10:24 EDT 2003
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2003
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 662 12482 12640
Osprey 0 27 112
Bald Eagle 3 70 101
Northern Harrier 13 971 1312
Sharp-shinned Hawk 111 5930 8216
Cooper's Hawk 21 468 509
Northern Goshawk 8 32 32
Red-shouldered Hawk 343 638 638
Broad-winged Hawk 1 2244 5318
Red-tailed Hawk 750 1962 1962
Rough-legged Hawk 6 13 13
Golden Eagle 15 18 18
American Kestrel 3 1906 4523
Merlin 0 52 97
Peregrine Falcon 0 55 88
Unknown 26 106 118
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 1962 26975 35699
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Keith Sealy
Observers: Mac, Shay Redmond
Visitors:
Thanks to T. Thomas for helping spot birds today :)
Weather:
Started out at 0 today and reached a high of 8...seems like winter's not
far away :) Lots of cloud cover again today with some good sunny breaks.
Definitely one of the best days so far this year for an excellent raptor
flight. Light N to NW winds all day.
Observations:
Wow!! An awesome flight today with highlights including 15 Golden Eagles!!
Shay Redmond got a nice shot of one of the immatures...check out the Hawk
Cliff Foundation website photo gallery to see the pic. Other good birds
were 6 Rough-legged Hawks, 343 Red-shoulders and another 750 Red-tails.
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Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns at 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
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