Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 57 58 Bald Eagle 0 11 14 Northern Harrier 5 132 146 Sharp-shinned Hawk 35 1162 1185 Cooper's Hawk 2 21 22 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4 Broad-winged Hawk 7 3098 3123 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 6 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 17 753 788 Merlin 3 42 44 Peregrine Falcon 1 5 5 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: 71 5288 5396 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to Bob and Mary for doing today's count along with visitor Eva V. Weather: Continued very hot with light S winds and temp getting to a high of 31C but feeling more like 38C. Some cloud cover in the morning that started to burn away as the day progressed. Raptor Observations: Another small flight with only 71 birds total... Sharpies (35), Am. Kestrels (17), a lone Osprey, a couple of Cooper's Hawks, just a few Broadwings (7) and Merlins (3) and a single Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: Some non-raptors were reported for today... Canada Geese, RT Hummingbird, RC Kinglet, Am. Robins, Winter Wren, Black-throated Blue and Blackpoll Warbler, N. Cardinal, Gray Catbird, BC Chickadee, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpecker, N. Flicker and DC Cormorant. ======================================================================== 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
