Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 470 758 1094 Osprey 0 3 50 Bald Eagle 2 20 133 Northern Harrier 22 63 235 Sharp-shinned Hawk 274 549 1826 Cooper's Hawk 16 24 67 Northern Goshawk 1 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 6 6 Broad-winged Hawk 3 22 5855 Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 60 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 156 1096 1919 Merlin 7 47 93 Peregrine Falcon 0 39 62 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: 954 2638 11404 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Cary Graham, Mac McAlpine, Mary Carnahan Visitors: A big thanks to everyone that helped with today's count... Chris B as counter and then Mac M., Cary G., Mary C., Eric and a few other visitors. Weather: The temperature remained fairly steady, about 6C-8C all day. Winds were WNW and moderate (16-20 km/h) for most of the day, swinging to straight W around 3pm, which slowed the flight. Cloud was 100% for pretty much the whole day. Raptor Observations: A solid day overall with a total of 954 birds recorded. Most notable were the three late Broad-wings and a fabulous adult Goshawk that was being dive-bombed by a Sharp-shinned at 12:52 p.m. at the north end of Sharpie Alley. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Lincolns Sparrow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Common Loon, American Crow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, American Redstart, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Purple Finch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Towhee, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-bellied Plover, Cape May Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Palm Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Tundra Swan, and Belted Kingfisher. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.ca) 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
