Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 5 124 143 Bald Eagle 0 94 107 Northern Harrier 4 256 305 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 1717 1724 Cooper's Hawk 0 39 40 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 28501 28675 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 3 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 1347 1509 Merlin 0 34 35 Peregrine Falcon 10 36 37 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: 29 32149 32578 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Lyon Observers: Colin Horstead, Derek Lyon, Gord Zozak, Marguerite Irwin Visitors: A few visitors today...Gord Zozak, Alice and Mas (Burlington). Thanks to everyone for hanging in there today despite all the UGLY weather! Weather: Another rotten weather day...though with such strong SW winds it was no surprise that the Peregrines were on the move. Temp much cooler to a high of 18C with cloud throughout the day...and a 3-hour rain delay at midday then opening back up a bit as the cold front passed to the east. Raptor Observations: Total birds today ...29...a third of which were Peregrines (10)...also Osprey (5), N. Harrier (4), Sharpies (2) and Kestrels (8). 2 PGs came thru together at 10:05, and 3 PGs came thru at 2:10. Non-raptor Observations: On the non-raptor front today....Red Bellied Woodbecker, Indigo Buntings, Common Loons, RT Hummingbirds, Blue Jays (approx 200), Am. Goldfinches, Tree Swallow and a single flying shorebird that went unidentified. Predictions: More SW winds for Friday....but there's also a 50% chance of rain sometime during the day. Often the Peregrines fly through even during nasty weather so it may be worth stopping down to the hawkwatch. ======================================================================== 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/
