Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 13 Osprey 1 19 25 Bald Eagle 0 16 34 Northern Harrier 4 16 41 Sharp-shinned Hawk 91 293 318 Cooper's Hawk 0 6 8 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 25 48 Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 16 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 50 133 145 Merlin 1 4 7 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 4 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: 147 524 659 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Kathy, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Lots of visitors today but not many with bins...most just out to walk their dogs. A big thanks to Jim Dunn, Mary C. and Kathy for covering pretty much every day so far this season. Weather: Strong E winds for the day and a temp to 22C. About 50% cloud cover for theentire count period. Raptor Observations: A good flight today with 147 birds...including lots of Sharpies (91) and Kestrels (50) on the move. Interestingly, just a single Osprey tday and not one Broadwing. Flight was very high today which is typical on E and NE winds which give the birds a tail wind. Non-raptor Observations: Many RT Hummingbirds; Green Winged Teal and still lots of warblers in the area. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([email protected]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
