Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 59 8880 9072 Osprey 0 13 93 Bald Eagle 0 47 138 Northern Harrier 0 145 446 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1041 2973 Cooper's Hawk 0 43 74 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 95 95 Broad-winged Hawk 0 11 6804 Red-tailed Hawk 2 229 285 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 2 12 12 American Kestrel 0 200 1103 Merlin 0 18 63 Peregrine Falcon 5 33 53 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: 71 10767 21211 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Bill Wright, Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Bob, Bill, Keith and Ronnie for doing a count today. Weather: Very strong winds from the SSW...always good for Peregrines along the cliff. Some sun and cloud and temp steady at 20C for the entire count period. Raptor Observations: A small flight today with a total of 71 birds. Of these most were TVs (59) as is typical in October...along with Sharpies (3) and a couple of Redtails. Highlights were definitely the Golden Eagles (2) early in the day and the Peregrines (5) which all passed within easy view of the observers. Non-raptor Observations: Not too many jays today with 280 tallied...along with Common Loon, Am. Crow and Red-bellied Woodpecker. A single Monarch on the move today. :) ======================================================================== 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
