Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 511 16276 19667 Osprey 0 13 193 Bald Eagle 0 36 175 Northern Harrier 0 93 645 Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 1693 7346 Cooper's Hawk 1 58 144 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 20 23 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 37168 Red-tailed Hawk 2 354 725 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 2 3 American Kestrel 0 162 2906 Merlin 1 11 75 Peregrine Falcon 0 36 116 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: 539 18761 69189 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Colin Horstead Observers: Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Teddy (Cabbagetown T.O.)...and Ken Wootton (London). Weather: 100 % cloud cover, stiff wind from the west, but sometimes a few degrees of north. Thinking a rain shower east of HC was responsible for a boring time between 10 to 11 am .... birds had probably treed for a bit. Raptor Observations: Excluding the hour of 10 to 11 am, there was a steady stream of TVs using the same " channel " ( almost directly above Dexter Line ) to reach Port Stanley. Very few birds seen north of B and B site. Total birds today was 539 with the bulk TVs (511), Sharpies (24), a single Cooper's Hawk, a couple of Redtails and a lone Merlin. Non-raptor Observations: Despite today's dark and gloomy conditions, there were mobs of Kinglets (Ruby-crowned & Golden-crowned) along Hawk Cliff Rd and even bigger mobs of Yellow-Rumped Warblers. Near the Cliff, 2 Brown Creepers were spotted as well as 2 additional Warbler species with singles each of Blackpoll and Palm. Both Red-breasted & White-breasted Nuthatches were found up and down the road and a very busy Downy Woodpecker spent most of the day chipping away in a dead tree at the mound. Also hda 5 Killdeer observed flying past the elm in the field. Just south of the corner of Dexter and Hawk Cliff Rd the west field was dominated by about 150 Euopean Starlings and another flock of a similar size was seen throughout the day around Sharpie Alley and southward to the gate. Blue Jays and Crows were keeping a very low profile today but many American Robins were heard and seen (they were warbling away merrily most of the day) just south of the ravine. 1 Hermit Thrush was spotted in the same area feeding quietly, lower down in the dogwood and a single Gray Catbird zoomed from one dogwood bush across the road to another dogwood bush and disappeared within. Observers enjoyed some really nice Sparrow sightings today with multiples of Song and White-throated, plus individuals of Swamp, Field and Lincolns. Inadvertently omitted from the list for Oct. 14 was a single Monarch Butterfly observed late in the afternoon. The only bugs noticed on the 15th were midges which are still annoying present and found as we scoured the bushes for songbirds. ======================================================================== 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/
