Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 1735 21468 Osprey 0 2 340 Bald Eagle 1 30 253 Northern Harrier 1 82 1677 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 158 14055 Cooper's Hawk 5 83 391 Northern Goshawk 0 17 25 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 967 1291 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 99105 Red-tailed Hawk 77 5761 7467 Rough-legged Hawk 2 30 49 Golden Eagle 19 123 170 American Kestrel 0 2 4398 Merlin 0 1 187 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 82 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: 107 8992 150958 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Mary Carnahan Visitors: No visitors today. Weather: Very strong East winds, cloud with some sunny openings and a COLD 4C to start then warming to 8C. Raptor Observations: A not too bad count considering the day....total birds was 107. For the first time in a while we had more birds than counters (Only two counters were onsite today) All GOLDENS were low and gave great looks. Once we had 4 in view at the same time and then later we had another 5 in view at same time! This brings us to exactly 170 Golden Eagles for the 2010 season so far...a solid 2nd place count to the current 1-year high count of 220 from 2008. The push didn't last long but it was great while it lasted and brought another 77 Redtails and a couple more Roughlegs as well. Non-raptor Observations: Today's non-raptor highlight was a small flock of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS that spent the day alternately perched on the hydro wire behind us or in the spruce trees opposite, occasionally singing a few cheery notes, perhaps to remind us of their presence. In winters past, bluebirds could usually be found at this location (near intersection of Roberts Line and Fairview Rd) and we hope, will hang in again this year. ======================================================================== 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/
