Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 438 4140 5208 Osprey 1 39 317 Bald Eagle 0 30 170 Northern Harrier 11 366 1180 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 3991 11244 Cooper's Hawk 0 75 177 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 32 43 Broad-winged Hawk 0 504 99100 Red-tailed Hawk 9 125 189 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 2 791 4308 Merlin 1 21 161 Peregrine Falcon 7 24 76 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: 476 10140 122176 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Observers today included Colin, Jim, Mary and Keith. Visitors were Bruce and Monica Gates (Sudbury), Kathy and Kirk Mitchell (Sarnia), Michael (Oakville) and friend John Springer (T.O.). Weather: Winds were moderate mainly S with some SE and SSW. Cloud cover was variable with 100% and then next hour 20%. Temp got to a high of 15C. Raptor Observations: Total birds for the day was 476...the bulk were TV's (438)...the only real highlights were Peregrines (7) seen by many of today's visitors and another juvenile Golden Eagle at just after noon (our third so far this season). Non-raptor Observations: On the songbird migration front flocks of BLUE JAYS and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH were down this morning while flocks of EUROPEAN STARLINGS and AM. CROWS were up in both number and size. Some starling flocks contained at least 150 birds. Again today a single TREE SWALLOW was seen crossing the field and 5 COMMON LOONS were spotted from the mound. There continues to be lots of sparrow action all over the place, mostly from WHITE-THROATED but also including SONG & WHITE-CROWNED as well as EASTERN TOWHEE & DARK-EYED JUNCO. In addition, several BROWN CREEPERS were spotted this morning, both cliffside and in the woods. Others noted a flock of Grackles with at least a couple of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS mixed in....and a flock of AM. PIPITs in the field in front of the counters. On the insect front, a couple of monarchs were noted plus an individual eastern comma (very tattered) and an eastern tailed blue. While not abundant, cabbage whites and both sulphurs were still easy to find. A big thanks to Mary Carnahan (and a few of the other usual suspects) for continuing to provide these non-raptor reports. Predictions: Thursday may have a rainy start early...then become sunny with clouds and strong NW winds. The northerly flow should continue through at least Friday and with some sunny skies this could bring some good flights. ======================================================================== 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/
