Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2017
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 968 968 35561
Osprey 0 0 67
Bald Eagle 21 21 207
Northern Harrier 17 17 393
Sharp-shinned Hawk 129 129 3556
Cooper's Hawk 28 28 202
Northern Goshawk 3 3 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 48 48 231
Broad-winged Hawk 2 2 4341
Red-tailed Hawk 276 276 771
Rough-legged Hawk 21 21 29
Golden Eagle 43 43 74
American Kestrel 4 4 1394
Merlin 6 6 81
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 167
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 2
Total: 1566 1566 47080
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Tom Bolohan
Observers: Chris Burris, Derek Lyon, Don Taylor, Eric Jeffery,
Jason McGuire, Jennifer Lyon, Mac McAlpine, Matt Oswald,
Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
Lots of visitors today and I'm not going to try and list them all
here...and a big thankyou to the crew that helped with spotting the birds
and getting the count done today.
Weather:
A near perfect hawk watching day weather wise with moderate to strong NW
and N winds for the entire day and some good cloud cover to help spot the
birds! Temp was not bad getting to a high of 9C.
Raptor Observations:
A fantastic flight with quality over quantity...with a total of 1,566 birds
of 13 different species.
The highlights for today had to be the GOLDEN EAGLES (43)... clearly one of
the best flights of this species that we've had at Hawk Cliff (though not
our highest daily count). Other highlights included a few Northern Goshawks
(3) one which crossed low and right over the observers, along with a good
number of Roughies (21). The count also included decent numbers of
Red-shoulders (48) and Redtails (276) and even a couple of very late
Broadwings!
Non-raptor Observations:
Some non-raptors reported today with Fox Sparrow, a single Sandhill Crane
flyby, Tundra Swans (13) and believe it or not a couple of Monarchs and a
Painted Lady.
Predictions:
The weekend is looking to be a washout BUT keep an eye on Monday and
Tuesday as winds are predicted to be moderate to strong once again from the
NW and NE and there's still (I think) a good number of Red-shoulders and
Redtails to come and most likely another flight of Golden Eagles!
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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
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