Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 131 495 3886 Osprey 1 1 181 Bald Eagle 0 1 140 Northern Harrier 4 17 569 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 139 5792 Cooper's Hawk 4 9 95 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 3 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 37165 Red-tailed Hawk 16 38 409 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 4 13 2757 Merlin 0 0 64 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 81 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 Total: 185 715 51143 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Colin and Alex F. for helping get today's count done. Weather: Not much of a start to the day with solid cloud and too much humidity. Eventually, the skies broke out a bit but oo late to really get the flight going today. Temp to a high of 16C. Winds started light from the ENE and then ended up E. Raptor Observations: Just 185 birds today...mostly TVs (131), along with N. Harriers (4), Sharpies (25), Cooper's Hawks (4), Redtails (16)...and a single Osprey. Non-raptor Observations: No report today for non-raptors. Predictions: They're predicting SW winds for the next few days this week so there may be a Peregrine flight along the cliff. ======================================================================== 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/
