Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 72 79 Bald Eagle 0 59 59 Northern Harrier 3 147 152 Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 3329 3334 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 25 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 55693 55693 Red-tailed Hawk 0 24 24 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 796 809 Merlin 1 41 41 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 8 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 2 2 Total: 51 60198 60228 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Lyon Observers: Derek Lyon, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to all our counters and observers today...Jen & Derek Lyon, Jim Dunn, Mary and Keith near the end of the day. About 10 visitors to the observation mound today. Weather: Light winds from the S and SE for the day with warmer temp to a high of 20C. Not much in the way of cloud cover till around midday and even then only too about 40% at its max. Raptor Observations: A pretty slow day for raptor migration with a total of 51 birds...most of which were Sharpies (38)...along with a single Osprey, N. Harrier (3), Kestrel (7) and singles as well of Merlin and Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: Not as many sightings today as earlier this week, non-raptorwise, although we did manage to find 5 species of Woodpecker, with multiples of several. Woodpecker species seen today were Pileated, Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied and Northern Flicker (multiples of the last 3 with an interesting escalation of activity among the Hairy Woodpeckers). Other avian highlights include Red-eyed Vireo, many Black-capped Chickadees, seemingly everywhere, Barn Swallows zooming across the field, Cedar Waxwings dominating both mulberry trees and olive bushes near the cliff, and 4 Warbler species including a New species bringing our season's total to 23 Warbler species. Today's were Northern Parula (New), Magnolia, American Redstart, and Wilson's. Eastern Bluebirds were seen on the wire along Fairview Rd near Roberts Ln. The big news today was in the insect department, with a total of 252 Monarchs counted by the end of the day, by far surpassing yesterday's eventual total of 155. Other butterflies spotted today were several Red Admirals and Mourning Cloaks, all looking very fresh and new, Summer Azure, Eastern Tailed Blue, Cabbage White, Orange and Clouded Sulphurs and Silver Spotted Skippers. For Dragonflies, we had the usual mob of Black Saddlebags and Green Darners, especially in the bean field and close to the Cliff, plus a Red Saddlebags, and several Meadowhawks which are a smaller dragonfly species, but very pretty and were seen right in front of the knoll. ======================================================================== 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
