Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 706 9037 9195 Osprey 3 33 176 Bald Eagle 3 40 139 Northern Harrier 28 382 868 Sharp-shinned Hawk 205 5117 10366 Cooper's Hawk 6 187 236 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 16 16 Broad-winged Hawk 3 761 73017 Red-tailed Hawk 46 171 195 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 4 6 6 American Kestrel 17 2244 4966 Merlin 1 42 100 Peregrine Falcon 2 10 33 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 0 1 Total: 1025 18049 99317 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Dave Verkley, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Colin, Dave V. Ronnie, Keith and Jim for today's count on another tough observing day. Weather: Winds were from the SE to E to SE again. Temp ranged from 9C to 21C...very warm compared to last week. Not a cloud in the sky today under a big high pressure system. Raptor Observations: Total birds for the day were 1,025 with the highlight 4 Golden Eagles (all juv.) a couple of which were right overhead passing nice and slow for a great look. Other species today included TV (706), Osprey (3), Bald Eagle (3), Harriers (28), sharpis (205) Cooper's (6), Red-shoulder (1), Redtails (46), Kestrels (17), a lone Merlin and a couple of Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: Not much reported today...a Killdeer, a C. Nighthawk, Palm Warbler, G.C. Kinglet....and a Great Blue headed west. ======================================================================== 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/
