Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 9 10 Bald Eagle 0 10 13 Northern Harrier 3 33 47 Sharp-shinned Hawk 48 196 219 Cooper's Hawk 1 6 7 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4 Broad-winged Hawk 16 633 658 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 20 157 192 Merlin 2 14 16 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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 1 1 Total: 90 1065 1173 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Don Taylor, Ernie Gribble, Keith Sealy, Norman Holden Visitors: Some visitors at the site today... Keith and Harry O. along with Bob and Joanne P. Thanks to everyone who helped with today's count... Bob J., Keith, Ernie, Norm H. and Don T. Weather: Winds were light from the NE to start and then to E and all the way around to SE which basically shut down the flight. Temp started at 7C and reaching a high of 23C. Cloud cover only got to a max of 30%. Raptor Observations: A bit bigger flight today with a total of 90 birds tallied. Lots of Sharpies (48) and Kestrels (20) along with a small number of Broadwings (16), a single Cooper's Hawk, a few N. Harriers (3) and a couple of Merlins. Non-raptor Observations: On the non-raptor front... Am. Robins, Blue Jays, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, WB Nuthatch, some good warblers... Chestnut-sided, Canada, Magnolia, Am. Redstart, Black and White, Black-throated Blue, Nashville and Bay-breasted, a few woodpeckers... Pileated, Downy, Red-bellied, N. Flickers and a couple of YB Sapsuckers, Flycatchers... Least, Great-crested and Eastern Pewee, Swainson's Thrush, Eastern Towhee, RT Hummingbirds, Brown Thrasher, Red-eyed Vireo, BC Chickadee, Cedar Waxwings, Great Blue Heron and House Wren. Predictions: Winds are not very promising for Wed... predicted to be E to start and then going through SE to S. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([email protected]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392 _______________________________________________ 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
