Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 26 38 40 Osprey 2 89 104 Bald Eagle 0 83 83 Northern Harrier 10 340 373 Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 3648 3681 Cooper's Hawk 0 37 37 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 71863 71896 Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 17 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 29 2012 2110 Merlin 1 28 38 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 10 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 99 78163 78390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Ernie Gribble, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy Visitors: A couple of visitors today...Craig Potter (Guelph) and Liz Argue (T.O.). Thanks to Colin, Jim, Keith and Ernie for getting a count done today before being driven off the knoll and back to their vehicles! Weather: Not much of a day weatherwise....very low ceiling for cloud cover...and around about mid-morning a serious storm cell approached the site propmpting the counters to abandon the count. On their way out a lightning bolt struck VERY close to the road. The humidity was very high obviously and winds were not the best from the SE. Raptor Observations: Even with the rotten weather there were birds on the move...and the counters got a total of 99 for the morning. The flight level was very low...likely never higher than 300-400 feet. Species seen today included TV's (26) , Osprey (2), Harriers (10) Sharpies (31), Kestrels (29) and a lone Merlin. Non-raptor Observations: Thanks to Ernie for today's "Other" report....including Wood Ducks, Ring-bill and Herring Gulls, Rock Pigeons, Mourning Doves, RT Hummingbirds, Hairy, Downy , Pileated Woodpeckers, E. Wood Pewee, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cedar Waxwings, Red-eyed Vireo, Chickadees, Am. Robins, Am. Crow, Blue Jays (sev. hundreds at least), Magnolia, Wilsons, B.T. Green, Black and White, Female RB Grosbeak, Gray-cheeked Thrushes, Catbirds, Starlings, Indigo bunting, N. Cardinal and Baltimore Orioles...and House Sparrow and Goldfinch. ======================================================================== 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 [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
