Golden Eagles at Hawk Cliff - Sun, 30 Sep 2001

Hello Birders:
Light South East winds and clear blue skies were not great for hawk
watching.
The highlight of the day was the first sighting of an immature Golden Eagle
found by Alf Rider, at almost the same time a little further inland Ray
Riley had an adult Golden Eagle.
Sharp-shinned Hawk.............144.
Coopers .....................................1.
Broad-winged.............................3.
Red-shouldered .........................3.
Red-tailed...................................85.
Bald Eagle....................................6.
Golden Eagle ..............................2.
Am Kestrel...................................18.
N. Harrier......................................26.
Osprey............................................1.
Turkey Vulture............................153.

Thanks to Alf Rider, Bruce Duncan, Su Ross, Ray Riley, and all the visitors
who helped count and spot the very high birds.

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.
Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut.

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Hawk Cliff Elgin - Sat, 29 Sep 2001

Hello Birders.
Sept 28th.
Dave Brown was at the Cliff yesterday and sends this report.
It was a great day!!! Lots of Bald Eagles, a few Peregrines and Merlins and
a pile of Coopers Hawks (more than I've ever seen in one day).

Sharp-shinned Hawk          496
Coopers Hawk                    50
American Kestrel               156
Merlin                                   3
Peregrine                              3
Northern Harrier                   89
Osprey                                 3
Turkey Vulture                    341
Red-tailed Hawk                 133
Broad-winged Hawk           1870        - many of these Broadwings were very
low today!!!
Red-Shouldered Hawk             1
Bald Eagle                            14
     Also a really good push of warblers and other passerines.

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Redstart
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Black-capped Chickadee
Downie Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
American Pipit
Rough-winged Swallow

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.
Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Hawk Cliff Elgin - Wed, 26 Sep 2001

Hello all:
Barry & Linda Cherriere were at the cliff both days , 25th & 26th, here are
the numbers
Sept 25th                           Sept 26th
Sharp-shins......8...............54.
coopers.............0.................4.
Broadwings......6.................17.
Redtail Hawk....0...................2.
Bald Eagle........1..................0.
Am Kestrel.......21 ..............15.
Merlin..................0.................1.
Peregrine Falcon. 0.............2.
N. Harrier...............3.............1 ( adult male)
Osprey...................2.............7.
T. Vulture...............0............15.
One unidentified Accipiter and one UI Buteo on the 26th.

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.
Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Hawk Cliff Elgin - Mon, 24 Sep 2001

Hello all :
Despite the weather it wasn't a bad day for hawk watchers. Below are the
Nine species seen today Sept 24th .
Sharp-shinned hawk..............62.
Coopers Hawk.........................4.
Broad-winged hawk.................7.
Am Kestrel..............................47.
Merlin.........................................5.
Peregrine Falcon......................1.
Bald Eagle.................................2.  ( adults )
N. Harrier..................................15.
Osprey........................................4.
Counters and spotters . Barry & Linda Cherriere from Hamilton and Su Ross..

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.
Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Peregrines and Osprey at Hawk Cliff. - Sun, 23 Sep 2001

Tom Bolohan sent this final tally of Hawks seen at Hawk Cliff today Sunday
23rd Sept. I guess he stayed a little longer than I did and got more birds .
ak   89
mer   20
pf   6   ( 11:30 a  11:40 imm  11:48 a  11:59 imm  12:15 imm  3:50 imm )
ssh   107
coop   7
nh   19
osp   50
b-w   1
be   3  ( 1:59 a  2:30 a  5:40 imm )
Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.
Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Hawk Cliff Elgin - Sun, 23 Sep 2001

Hello Birders :
Here are the Hawk  counts for Sept 22nd & 23rd.
Sept 22nd.                                   Sept 23rd.
Am Kestrel.................20.               81.
Merlin...........................2                 13.
Peregrine Falcon........3                   5.
Sharp-shins................89                 93.
Coopers Hawk.............4                   4.
Broad wings................17                  1.
Red-tailed......................1.                 0.
Osprey............................7                43.
N. Harrier.......................8                 14.
Bald Eagle....................4.                   2.
Counters and spotters. Tom Bolohan. Barry & Linda Cherriere. Su Ross. Ray
Riley. Keith Sealy.
Jesse  Pakala.

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Hawk Cliff Elgin - Sun, 16 Sep 2001

Hello all :

The numbers for Hawk Cliff on Saturday 15  & Sunday 16th.
Sat Sept 15th :                        Sun 16th.
Sharp- shinned hawk..177.           80.
Coopers hawk                 3.              1.
Broad-winged hawk     332             70.
Red-tailed hawk              14               3.
Bald Eagle                        12              4.
Am Kestrel                        42.            24.
Merlin                                   2                1.
N. Harrier                           41.            14.
Osprey                                 7.              5.
T.V.                                     15.             11.
Unidentified                          1                1 ( buteo)

Lots of visitors were at the cliff both days to see the migration and
displays. We had visitors from as far afield as England and Belgium. A
special thanks to the Hawk Cliff Raptor Banders and St Thomas Field
Naturalist club for the first of the Hawk Cliff weekends. Looking forward to
seeing more people and more Raptors next weekend.
 Raptor show at 11:00am and 2:00pm on the 22 & 23rd Sept.
On behalf of the Hawk Cliff Foundation, I would like to thank all those who
helped put the weekend on.

Shay.

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Hawk Cliff Elgin - Wed, 12 Sep 2001

Hello Birders :

American Kestrels and Osprey went by Hawk Cliff today in good numbers.

AM Kestrel................264.
Merlin.............................1
Sharp-shinned Hawk..64.
N. Harrier......................12.
Osprey...........................21.
Coopers Hawk................1

Keith Sealy was the counter / spotter today.

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.

Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Broad-wings and Swainsons at Hawk Cliff - Fri, 14 Sep 2001

Hello All :
Sorry for the late posting I am waiting for the final tally of hawks from
Dave Brown today at Hawk Cliff, but while I was there we had thousands of
Broad-winged hawks, one **SWAINSONS HAWK** hundreds of Sharp-shinned and
American Kestrels, Harriers , Osprey, and Eagles in good numbers.

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.

Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Broadwings at Hawk Cliff - Thu, 13 Sep 2001

 
Hello Birders.

A good flight of hawks at Hawk Cliff today Sept 13th.
Keith Sealy and Su Ross were counters and spotters.

Sharp-shinned Hawk..................422.
Coopers Hawk.................................7.
Broad-winged hawk..................1180
Bald Eagle........................................2.
Osprey...............................................7.
N. Harrier.........................................33.
Am Kestrel.....................................268.
Merlin..................................................7.

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.
Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

Hawk Cliff Elgin - Wed, 12 Sep 2001

Hello Birders:

Here are the numbers for Hawk Cliff Tuesday Sept 11th.

Sharp-shinned  157
Kestrel        161
Broadwing   68
Harrier          21
Osprey             7
Bald Eagle         6
Merlin             7
Turkey Vulture    14

Also seen were a pair of Northern Parula.
Counters and spotters  Dave Brown, Tom Hayman.Keith Seeley, and others, I
don't know  their last names.

The St Thomas Field Naturalists, Hawk Cliff weekends, are been held
Saturday
Sept 15th, Sunday Sept 16th, and Sat Sept 22nd & Sun 23rd. Weather
conditions permitting, The Hawk Cliff Raptor Banders, will be having their
live Raptor displays, at 11:00am and 2:00pm. each day 0f both of these
weekends.
It is always a great opportunity to see some of  these wonderful birds up
close.
Tell your friends , neighbours and relatives!!!!
Bring a lunch and your chairs and stay awhile. Don't forget your
binoculars and camera!!!

Directions to Hawk Cliff, from St. Thomas, take Fairview Ave., south to stop
sign, continue over Dexter line, down gravel road, at Hawkes Cliff Farm.
Hawk Cliff viewing area is from the roadway, only, unless gate is open on
the east side of Hawk Cliff Road.  Please respect the landowners either side
of roadway and Do Not Trespass.

Use extreme caution, if going to cliff edge, severely undercut

Shay Redmond
London Ontario
shayredmond@home.com

american avocet at Aylmer,Ont. - Sat, 30 Jun 2001

Hey Gord

On june 29/01 at the aylmer wildlife mang.area {near police college} we sighted an american avocet at 3:00pm and then again at 7:30pm feeding in the same spot. Also seen lesser yellowlegs,least sandpiper,spotted sandpipers,g.w.teal,am.wigeon,pheasant and brown thrashers

Jeff Atkinson
ST.Thomas,ON
AtkinsonAky@aol.com

Birding in Elgin - Tue, 20 Mar 2001

i spotted a pair of bufflehead ducks (male and female) and some green-winged teel at the 3 acre pond at the Fingal Game Preserve (just outside of St Thomas in Elgin County) There were also two other types of waterfowl, that i will not be able to identify until my photographic gets developed at Blacks.

Peter Thomas cpim
pthomas@odyssey.on.ca