Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 11, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 620 38639 Osprey 0 0 190 Bald Eagle 0 9 203 Northern Harrier 3 87 1196 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 143 13222 Cooper's Hawk 0 34 443 Northern Goshawk 0 5 26 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 284 932 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 73020 Red-tailed Hawk 7 2304 4299 Rough-legged Hawk 0 14 23 Golden Eagle 0 55 202 American Kestrel 0 3 5090 Merlin 0 2 151 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 39 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: 15 3561 137676 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Clive Hodder, Ernie Gribble, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to the counters...Jim, Mary, Ernie, Clive, Keith and Alex F. Weather: Moderate to strong W winds with cooler temps to a high of just 6C. Hardly any cloud cover to start then building to 100% by the end of the count period. Raptor Observations: An even smaller flight today with just 15 birds tallied over the 4 hours. Most of today's flight was Redtails (7) with TVs (3), Harriers (3) and a couple of Sharpies. Non-raptor Observations: Again today, high westerly winds forced what's left of the little birds into the lowest levels of the shrubbery. Once the sun warms up the bushes, though, there are a few good places to look, fewer depending on windy it is. Today's "hot spot" was just inside the woods beneath the pine trees. One doesn't have to venture all the way into the (private property) woods to find them. Highlights from that patch were Golden-crowned Kinglet and Tufted Titmouse, foraging low along with Chickadees, White-throated Sparrows, and on the mid-level branches were several very noisy and curious Northern Cardinals. Just around the bend, a mob of American Goldfinches took turns getting drinks of water from a tire rut / "pond". In the trees above was the same mix of Blackbirds including Cowbirds, Red-wings, Rusties, and Grackles. Highlights from the B&B were flocks of Cedar Waxwings and Horned Larks apparently heading west at high speed, although possibly only as far as the next wood lot or field, and from the Ridge, Pine Siskins. Also spotted this morning were 15 Tundra Swans, Eastern Bluebirds, 2 Common Loons, Robins and lots of Crows. ======================================================================== 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/
