Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 140 37861 38019 Osprey 1 47 190 Bald Eagle 1 95 194 Northern Harrier 5 623 1109 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 7830 13079 Cooper's Hawk 4 360 409 Northern Goshawk 1 21 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 648 648 Broad-winged Hawk 0 764 73020 Red-tailed Hawk 93 1971 1995 Rough-legged Hawk 0 9 9 Golden Eagle 3 147 147 American Kestrel 0 2365 5087 Merlin 0 91 149 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 38 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 252 52847 134115 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn Visitors: A couple of visitors again today...Lean and Tina Den-Besten...and Heather Bagg (Kitchener)...thanks all for your help spotting the birds. Thanks as always to out counters today...Colin, Ernie G., Jim D. and Tim. Weather: Overcast today...with not the best visibility. Never a threat of rain...and did try and break up but didn't quite get there. Temp ranged from 10C to 12C...pretty consisitent for the day...and the winds were light from the SE and ESE then back to SE. Raptor Observations: Total birds for the today were 252...of 10 different species including TVs (140), Redtails (93), a lone Bald Eagle, Harriers (5), Sharpies (3), Cooper's (4), a single Goshawk (juvie)and a single Red-shoulder and Golden Eagles (3 - 1 Adult looking bird, 1 - appeared to be a juvie and 1 - likely sub-adult). Non-raptor Observations: Another 15 Tundra Swans, lots of Killdeer, Am. Robin, Am. Crows and a single GC. Kinglet....and out in the field one of the Northern Shrikes was spotted again today. Otherwise very few passerines were observed on the move. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([email protected]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
