Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 104 5716 6052 Osprey 0 4 51 Bald Eagle 1 57 170 Northern Harrier 2 124 296 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 1403 2680 Cooper's Hawk 1 48 91 Northern Goshawk 0 2 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 7 Broad-winged Hawk 0 35 5868 Red-tailed Hawk 2 60 110 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 2 American Kestrel 1 1298 2121 Merlin 1 60 106 Peregrine Falcon 0 44 67 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: 117 8859 17625 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for sticking it out and actually doing a count today in some pretty miserable weather. Weather: The temperature was steady at about 12C. Winds were generally straight W 20-30 km/h, with the occasional stronger gust. Cloud cover was 100% until the final hour. There were some brief showers early on, and some brief blue patches later in the day. Raptor Observations: As can be seen from the count, the raptors never really got going despite a bit of clearing in the afternoon just a bit over one hundred birds, mostly Turkey Vultures. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Crow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, European Starling, Northern Cardinal, Winter Wren, and Bonapartes Gull. Predictions: Some W and SW winds MIGHT bring more falcons along the cliff edge tomorrow. Watch for Wednesday with WNW or possibly NW winds predicted could be a good flight. ======================================================================== 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
