Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 34 19015 19135 Osprey 0 35 118 Bald Eagle 0 18 76 Northern Harrier 3 186 579 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 2903 7479 Cooper's Hawk 0 111 181 Northern Goshawk 0 4 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 67 67 Broad-winged Hawk 0 142 70706 Red-tailed Hawk 0 689 715 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 1 651 2396 Merlin 1 29 71 Peregrine Falcon 0 115 160 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: 43 23971 101695 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Mary Carnahan Observers: Keith Sealy Visitors: A couple of visitors today...Liz and Heather. Weather: Another gloomy, damp, SW-windy day after a great weekend of hawk watching. Temp got to a high of 12C. Raptor Observations: Total birds counted in the 3-hour watch were 43, with TVs in the majority (34), Sharp-shinned hawks next (4), followed by Northern Harriers (3) and 1 each of Merlin and American Kestrel. At 8:00 AM 4 local Bald Eagles were circling above the parking area and the adjacent cornfield. Bald Eagles continued to cruise the cliff throughout the first hour, a good thing because the first countable bird didn't appear until 45 minutes into the watch (a Northern Harrier right along the cliff). An all around slooow day. Non-raptor Observations: >From about 8:45 to 10:00 AM, many flocks of passerines appeared to the north of the observations knoll, including mixed Blackbirds, lots of Am. Robins, some Bluejays, a persistent flock of Northern Starlings, Eastern Bluebirds, Am. Goldfinch and Cedar Waxwings. Along the cliff was the endless Gull, mainly Ring-billed and Herring, but late into the watch a flock of Bonaparte's also passed by. As well, Red-breated Mergansers, Mallards, Canada Geese, a flock of Wood ducks and 1 Tree Swallow were seen along the Cliff and a single Cormorant did a fly-by about mid-morning. In the bushes and trees at the knoll were many Robins, a Phoebe, several Yellow-rumps and 1 Blackpoll Warbler, Golden- and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows, DE Juncos, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, song Sparrow and a Carolina Wren. Predictions: There's still a chance of rain on Tuesday...but winds are forecast to be from the NE so if the rain holds off there will likely be birds on move. ======================================================================== 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
