Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 70 70 Bald Eagle 0 30 30 Northern Harrier 3 199 199 Sharp-shinned Hawk 108 1395 1395 Cooper's Hawk 0 18 18 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 5 6544 6544 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 22 806 806 Merlin 0 34 34 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 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: 138 9110 9110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Cary Graham, Rose Welch Visitors: None reported today. Thanks to Keith, Rose and Cary for doing a count today. Weather: Winds were not the best coming in from the SSE for the entire count period. Temp to a high of 20C which is a bit more like fall BUT still higher humidity making it feel much warmer. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight today given the poor wind direction with a total of 138 birds. Just 5 Broadwings today...where have they all gone I wonder? Not sure if a push of them is still to come or if they're simply migrating through further north and inland from the hawkwatch sites along Erie shoreline. Most of today's flight was Sharpies (108) and A. Kestrels (22) and just 3 N. Harriers. Non-raptor Observations: Some highlights in the other category... E. Bludbirds, Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbirds, Hairy Woodpecker, Hermit thrush, W-T Sparrow, chipping Sparrow. ======================================================================== 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 (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
