Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 101 15765 19156 Osprey 0 13 193 Bald Eagle 0 36 175 Northern Harrier 0 93 645 Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 1669 7322 Cooper's Hawk 5 57 143 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 20 23 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 37168 Red-tailed Hawk 6 352 723 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 2 3 American Kestrel 2 162 2906 Merlin 0 10 74 Peregrine Falcon 1 36 116 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: 142 18222 68650 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: 1Counter, Colin Horstead Observers: Bruce Parker, Carol Parafenko Visitors: Ray Thompson (London), Barry Niles. Thanks to Colin and Bruce for helping get today's count done. Weather: Very mild day today with a high to 18C.... and the rain held off till 4 pm. Winds were strong from the S and pretty much complete cloud cover. Raptor Observations: Total birds observed today...142...with TVs (101), Sharpies (27), Coopers (5), Redtails (6) and Kestrels (2). The only real highlight today was an adult Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: No report submitted. ======================================================================== 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/
