Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 200 592 784 Osprey 0 10 90 Bald Eagle 0 21 112 Northern Harrier 5 40 341 Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 281 2213 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 5 20 76 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 43 946 Merlin 0 3 48 Peregrine Falcon 1 17 37 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: 246 1046 11490 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A big thanks to Bob, Ronnie and Keith for doing the count today. Weather: Lots of cloud around early then it all burned away to blue skies. Temp still fairly warm to a high of 21C with winds light from the SE, SSE and S. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight given the not so great wind direction...with a total of 246 birds tallied for the day. The bulk of today's flight was TVs (200) and a similar mix of species as for every day this week... N. Harrier (5), Sharpies (31), Redtails (5), A. Kestrels (4) and the lone highlight a Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of species in the Other category today...including almost 10000 more Blue Jays, WB and RB Nuthatches, RC and GC Kinglets, YB Sapsucker, Red-bellied, Am. Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse, Philadelphia and Blue-headed Vireo, Downy Woodpecker, N. Flicker, WT Sparrow, warblers (Nashville, Black and White, Yellow-rumped, BT Blue, BT Green, Blackpoll), Eastern Towhee, N. Cardinal, wrens (House and Winter) and Green Heron ======================================================================== 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
