Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 55 160 38179 Osprey 0 0 190 Bald Eagle 0 0 194 Northern Harrier 2 5 1114 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 14 13093 Cooper's Hawk 3 7 416 Northern Goshawk 0 0 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 16 664 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 73020 Red-tailed Hawk 8 188 2183 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 9 Golden Eagle 4 12 159 American Kestrel 0 0 5087 Merlin 0 0 149 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 38 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: 80 402 134517 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand, Tom Stewart Visitors: A few visitors today....Don Taves (London), Frank and Sandra Horvath (Grimsby), Don and Carol Arthurs (T.O.) and Janice Hardy (Haliburton)...thanks to these folks for helping with todays spotting...and thanks to today's counters Colin, Ronnie, Keith and Tom S. Weather: Very nice day today...with temps from 14C to 16C....though at times it felt cooler with the wind. The wind was moderate from the SW...and cloud cover started at about 60% and then burned off leaving mostly bright sunny skies. Raptor Observations: A smaller flight today with a total of 80 birds...the highlight definitely 4 (very low flying) Golden Eagles...one which almost certainly was an adult bird. Observers had lots of time to study these birds as they took their time heading westward and out of sight. The bulk of the flight was TVs (55)...and a few Redtails (8) and a lone Red-shoulder...Harrier (2), Sharpies (7) and Cooper's (3). Non-raptor Observations: A lot of Cedar Waxwings along the roadway, Killdeer (20+), a Kingfisher and 7 loons headed south. Very few passerines were in the air today. Predictions: Thursday is looking promising with predicted light N and NE winds...cloudy with some sunny breaks. Friday looks even better with lots of sunshine and moderate NE winds. Hopefully, there's still a couple of good buteo flights yet to come...and even some of the adult Golden Eagles. ======================================================================== 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/
