Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 971 28060 Osprey 0 1 119 Bald Eagle 0 39 145 Northern Harrier 0 61 721 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 173 9139 Cooper's Hawk 1 55 329 Northern Goshawk 0 8 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 283 678 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 70722 Red-tailed Hawk 1 2166 4249 Rough-legged Hawk 2 27 32 Golden Eagle 2 100 165 American Kestrel 0 6 2459 Merlin 0 5 84 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 163 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: 9 3898 117086 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 2.5 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to Jim and Mary for today's count. Weather: Very cold, -10 in first hour, rising to -8 in next two hours. Wind was strong West @ 50k gusting to 70k. Snow and blowing/drifting snow. The sky was clear with about 50% puffy white clouds early in the count but changed to near solid overcast at the end of the second hour. Raptor Observations: Two near identical juvie looking GOLDEN EAGLES passed through low and right overhead, one at the end of the first hour and the second minutes later, in the second hour. The first ROUGHLEG was a dark morph and the second was a light morph. Non-raptor Observations: Peering out from the shelter of our cars today, we did manage to spot a few non-raptors that were out and about including 4 Tundra Swans, and a Northern Shrike. A few Wild Turkeys dotted the treeline far to the east of us at the B&B while Am. Crows flew back and forth low over the field and some Snow Buntings headed west along the treeline at the north end of the field and a small flock of Red-winged Blackbirds struggled westwards right over our observation spot at the B&B. After 1 PM at the Ridge, there were the usual Canada Geese and Mallards, Horned Larks in the fields just south of there and 2 Juncos along the treeline at the top of the ridge. Not bad for not even getting out of our cars! ======================================================================== 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
