Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 5 56 57 Bald Eagle 0 11 14 Northern Harrier 27 127 141 Sharp-shinned Hawk 202 1127 1150 Cooper's Hawk 2 19 20 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4 Broad-winged Hawk 10 3091 3116 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 6 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 143 736 771 Merlin 2 39 41 Peregrine Falcon 2 4 4 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 1 1 Total: 393 5217 5325 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Lyon Observers: Cary Graham, Derek Lyon, Tom Bolohan Visitors: Thanks to Jen and Derek for getting the count started today and to Tom B and Cary for finishing it up for the rest of the afternoon. Weather: Hot and humid yet again with the ongoing September heat wave over the entire region. Temp to a high of 32C and light and variable winds. Raptor Observations: Another smallish flight for this time of the season with only 393 birds counted. Most of this flight was composed of Sharpies (202) and Am. Kestrels (143) along with Osprey (5), N. Harriers (27), Cooper's Hawks (2), Merlin (2) and Peregrines (2). Just 10 Broadwings today. Non-raptor Observations: A few non-raptors sightings were reported... Pileated and Downy Woodpeckers and several Am. Robins along with increasing numbers of Blue Jays with 1,268. Monarchs counted: 60 ======================================================================== 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
