Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 484 1272 1272 Osprey 1 96 103 Bald Eagle 6 109 109 Northern Harrier 16 261 266 Sharp-shinned Hawk 197 4276 4281 Cooper's Hawk 2 42 42 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 7 7 Broad-winged Hawk 11 59362 59362 Red-tailed Hawk 6 51 51 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 1402 1415 Merlin 0 49 49 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 13 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: 731 66942 66972 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 4.75 hours Official Counter: Mary Carnahan Observers: Visitors: Thanks to everyone who helped with today's count. Weather: Winds were light today from the NNE through to the ENE. Temp made it to a high of 20C with clear blue skies. Raptor Observations: The total birds today was 731...with more Turkey Vultures (484) on the move along with Sharpies (197), a single Osprey, Bald Eagles (6), N. Harriers (16), a couple of Cooper's Hawks, a few buteos with Broadwings (11), Redtails (6) and a lone Red-shouldered Hawk. The only falcons today were Kestrels (7). Non-raptor Observations: With the exception of 1 Great Blue Heron seen flying eastward across Fairview Rd north of Dexter Ln, today's non-raptor observations consist of birds seen from the knoll or in the immediate vicinity. 450 Blue Jays were seen flying west across the field this morning, most of them between 7:45 and 10:00 AM (EST). The stream seemed to dry up after that but lots of jays could be heard calling to each other in the woods on the west side of Hawk Cliff Rd. Ring-billed Gulls periodically flew in large numbers up and down between the cliff and the treeline to the north, at times obscuring observers' views of kettling TVs in the gap. Flocks of American Goldfinch continued to fly westward across the field and a large number of Northern Flickers flew back and forth throughout the hawk watch. Partway through the morning, 7 flickers were counted flying eastward to the woods across from the knoll. Others seen around the knoll this morning were American Crow, Mourning Dove, a few Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Cedar Waxwing, and in the bushes and trees surrounding the knoll were Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted and several Yellow-rumped Warblers and American Redstart. Many Black Saddlebags and Green Darner dragonflies filled the air in front of the observation knoll later in the morning and about 20 Monarch Butterflies were seen flying westward, while Orange Sulphurs and Cabbage Whites were found in the bushes surrounding the knoll as well as in the tobacco field. ======================================================================== 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
