Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 52 918 28007 Osprey 0 1 119 Bald Eagle 9 24 130 Northern Harrier 6 40 700 Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 162 9128 Cooper's Hawk 9 45 319 Northern Goshawk 3 8 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 23 276 671 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 70722 Red-tailed Hawk 294 2031 4114 Rough-legged Hawk 8 16 21 Golden Eagle 9 82 147 American Kestrel 0 6 2459 Merlin 2 5 84 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 163 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: 443 3617 116805 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Chris Burris, Clive Hodder, Don Taylor, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to Jim, Keith, Mary, Clive, Don T. and Chris B. for today's sightings along with Ken Wootton who was visiting today. Weather: A cold morning with light N to NW winds and a mosiac of cloud cover, varying from black snow louds to puffy white clouds and everything in between. Many birds were scoped far far to the north but out of range for accurate identifications, given the dark sky mosaic. Raptor Observations: A total of 443 birds today...with another 9 Golden Eagles and 8 Roughlegs. Another 294 Redtails and 23 Red-shoulders. The first two hours the cloud was really heavy to the North but clear at the lake, resulting in most birds between Sharpie Alley and the lake. Later, the cloud cover reversed with heavy cloud at the lake and bright spots to the north, resulting in the flight path wide spread to the North. Non-raptor Observations: A large flock of American Pipits greeted observers this morning as they foraged in the field in front of us. American Crows flew past steadily throughout the morning; as well, there were flocks of Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, American Goldfinches, Starlings and Cedar Waxwings. In addition, 3 flocks of Sandhill Cranes (total around 75) flew by plus a few Tundra Swans and a single Great Blue Heron. Up and down the road observers found a variety of species incuding Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied and Woodpeckers, Song, Swamp, White-throated and (new for the season) American Tree Sparrows, Carolina Wren, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Grackle, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, BC Chickadee and Am. Robin. ======================================================================== 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
