Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 278 18695 22086 Osprey 0 13 193 Bald Eagle 0 41 180 Northern Harrier 0 109 661 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 2033 7686 Cooper's Hawk 2 74 160 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 9 85 88 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 37168 Red-tailed Hawk 72 702 1073 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 1 4 5 American Kestrel 0 169 2913 Merlin 0 14 78 Peregrine Falcon 0 37 117 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: 367 21984 72412 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to Mary and Jim for getting down to the hawkwatch today and getting the count submitted. Weather: Winds were again unfavourable...light from the ESE and then SE...with a temp to a high of 16C...and some cloud cover. Raptor Observations: It's like an instant replay...almost the same kind of flight again today with a total of 367...mostly TVs (278) and Redtails (72)...and smaller numbers of other species...Sharpies (5), Cooper's (2), Red-shoulders and the real highlight of the day...a single Golden Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptor observations for today are mainly from the B&B and the corner of Fairview & Roberts Line, as we followed the raptor flight path. Just after lunch this observer managed to zip south to the Cliff for a brief walk, but not many species were out and about at that time. The farther south we went, the hazier the sky was and right near the Cliff was very damp and chilly while the rest of the region seemed bright and very balmy for this time of year. Nevertheless, about 3 dozen Canada Geese were found loafing on the Hawk Cliff beach, and numerous Song and White-throated Sparrows plus a few Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, American Robins and 2 Cedar Waxwings were seen in the bushes just south of the parking area at the bottom of Hawk Cliff Rd. Ring-billed Gulls were seen circling above. Up and down HC Rd was pretty quiet, and most of the leaves are now lying on the ground. Some Blue Jays and Crows were seen (and heard!) and towards the north end of HC Rd, some Golden-crowned Kinglets were found. As well there were the usual Chickadees and Goldfinches, but in very small numbers at that time of day. Earlier at Roberts Line, there were flocks of Pipits, Horned Larks, and the local Eastern Bluebirds in the fields and overhead. As well, we had a Kingfisher fly by, Killdeer, lots of Starlings, Mourning Doves and a couple of Rock Pigeons and a small flock of Pine Siskins later on at the B&B. In the insect department. we had Common Buckeyes at all of our locations today for a total of 6, plus 3 Mourning Cloaks spotted during the HC Rd walk, an eastern Comma and several Orange Sulphurs. ======================================================================== 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/
