Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 49 51 Osprey 2 92 107 Bald Eagle 0 84 84 Northern Harrier 18 362 395 Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 3878 3911 Cooper's Hawk 0 37 37 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 71870 71903 Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 17 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 92 2213 2311 Merlin 0 31 41 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 11 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: 171 78642 78869 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 5.75 hours Official Counter: 1Counter, Colin Horstead Observers: Jim Dunn Visitors: A lone visitor with his wife and dog out for a walk. Weather: Cloudy all day...low cloud moving from the N and the high cloud moving from the W...with rain moving in around mid-morning which forcee the counters under cover for a bit...then it dried out a bit in the early afternoon and allowed for a couple more hours of observation. Temp ranged from 15C to start and actually dropped to 12C at the end. Wind was N all day moderate then strong. Raptor Observations: A total of 171...not bad for a messy day of weather. Bulk of the flight was Kestrels (92) and then Sharpies (59) ...along with Harriers (18) and Ospreys (2). Non-raptor Observations: A couple hundred Blue jays, a Great Blue, Cormorants passing along the lake, Cedar Waxwings, Goldfinches, RT Hummingbirds, Wild Turkeys, lots of Canada Geese headed westward...and a lone Northern Flicker. ======================================================================== 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/
