Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 392 584 Osprey 4 10 90 Bald Eagle 0 21 112 Northern Harrier 7 35 336 Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 250 2182 Cooper's Hawk 0 10 41 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 6800 Red-tailed Hawk 2 15 71 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 39 942 Merlin 1 3 48 Peregrine Falcon 2 16 36 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: 49 800 11244 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Cary Graham, Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Bob, Ronnie, Keith and Cary fro doing a count today. Weather: Basically no clouds today making spotting the birds difficult. Temp to a high of 21 C and winds were light from the S and SSE for the day. Raptor Observations: Another small flight today with 49 birds mostly Sharpies (28) along with Osprey (4), n. Harrier (7), Redtails (2), A. Kestrels (5), a single Merlin and a couple of Peregrines. Non-raptor Observations: The Blue Jay exodus continued today with another 5260 tallied crossing through the hawkwatch area. Lots of good passerines have been migrating through as well with BT Green Warbler, Am. Crow, Killdeer, BT Blue Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, Cape May Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, WC and WT Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Brown Creeper, Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers, YB Sapsucker, WB Nuthatch, Cedar Waxwings and a Blue-headed Vireo. ======================================================================== 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 (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
