Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 3 4 Bald Eagle 0 8 11 Northern Harrier 3 3 17 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 9 32 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 25 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 33 41 76 Merlin 0 2 4 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 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: 41 70 178 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Cary Graham, Don Taylor, Keith Sealy, Matt Oswald Visitors: Thanks to the folks who got a count done for today... Bob, Matt, Don T., Keith and Cary. Weather: A nice day with sun to start and then cloud moving in but it never rained. Winds started out from a promising direction from the WNW then NW and then straight from the W which basically shut down the flight. Temp got to a high of 18C. Raptor Observations: A small flight today with just 41 birds tallied... mostly Am, Kestrels (33) along with Osprey (2), N. Harrier (3), Sharpie (2) and a long Peregrine... the first for the season. Non-raptor Observations: Some good non-raptors today with the following reported...several warblers - BT Blue, Wilson's, Magnolia, Nashville, Am. Redstart, Cape May, Ovenbird and Black and White. Also Vireos - Red-eyed and Warbling... E. Phoebe, Brown Thrasher, Wood and Swainson's Thrush, Veery, Common Nighthawks (2), DC Cormorants, Canada Geese and Cedar Waxwings. Monarchs for the day: 32 Other interesting flyers of the insect variety sent to me in today's report - Cabbage White, Clouded and Orange Sulphur, Spicebush, Least Skipper, Summer Azure, Lance-tipped Darner, Black Saddlebags, 12 Spotted Skimmer and finally Green Darner. Predictions: Winds are again predicted to be WNW and moderate in strength so if the rain holds off for a good part of the day there'll likely be a very similar flight to today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([email protected]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392 _______________________________________________ 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
