Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1260 6976 7312 Osprey 0 4 51 Bald Eagle 6 63 176 Northern Harrier 23 147 319 Sharp-shinned Hawk 310 1713 2990 Cooper's Hawk 10 58 101 Northern Goshawk 0 2 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 10 10 Broad-winged Hawk 1 36 5869 Red-tailed Hawk 2 62 112 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 2 American Kestrel 104 1402 2225 Merlin 12 72 118 Peregrine Falcon 3 47 70 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: 1734 10593 19359 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to Chris B as counter and Mary C for help in getting this report done today. Weather: The temperature reached a high of 9C and a low of 5C. Winds averaged WNW to NW around 25 km/h, with stronger gusts. Cloud cover varied from 30% to 100% -- some warm sun as well as a brief spell of sleet mid-day. Raptor Observations: A decent day of over 1700 birds, including a late Broad-winged, a dozen Merlins, two adult Red-shouldereds, and three Peregrines. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Crow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, European Starling, Northern Cardinal, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Towhee, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Hairy Woodpecker, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, and Bonapartes Gull. ======================================================================== 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
