Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 8 640 38659 Osprey 0 0 190 Bald Eagle 2 14 208 Northern Harrier 0 105 1214 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 151 13230 Cooper's Hawk 2 41 450 Northern Goshawk 1 11 32 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 306 954 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 73020 Red-tailed Hawk 275 2717 4712 Rough-legged Hawk 2 18 27 Golden Eagle 9 68 215 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: 313 4077 138192 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 14:45:00 Total observation time: 3.75 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Keith Sealy Visitors: Thanks to Jim and Keith for getting the count they did today under such challenging viewing conditions. Weather: Winds were light from the E and ENE....very cool with a high of just 4C. Lower humidity encouraged the birds to move...but unfortunately, there was virtually no clouds in the sky making sighting the birds very difficult. Raptor Observations: Probably a great flight. An impossible clear blue sky and an extremely high flight path. We definitely missed many more birds than we counted and id'd. The observed birds were only visible due to some small clouds that formed and just as quickly disappeared or contrails that formed for a few minutes. The flight was quite good today with a total of 313 birds tallied. The bulk of the flight was Redtails (275)...with a few Red-shoulders (14) and a couple of Roughlegs. Another N. Goshawk sailed by...along with a couple of Cooper's Hawks. The real highlight...9 more Golden Eagles...with 7 during the hour from 12-1. Non-raptor Observations: For a non-raptor count we had Bluebirds, Pipits, Horned Larks, 7 Swans, Mixed Blackbird flocks (Grackles, Redwings). Keith had 2 Sulphurs at the cliff and later, we had another Sulphur right out in front at the B&B. ======================================================================== 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/
