Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2017
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 123 123 123
Osprey 1 58 59
Bald Eagle 52 63 66
Northern Harrier 14 150 164
Sharp-shinned Hawk 179 1396 1419
Cooper's Hawk 4 25 26
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4
Broad-winged Hawk 772 3878 3903
Red-tailed Hawk 2 6 8
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 129 973 1008
Merlin 4 49 51
Peregrine Falcon 11 19 19
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: 1291 6743 6851
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Bob Johnstone
Observers: Cary Graham, Chris Burris, Ernie Gribble, John Froom,
Keith Sealy, Mac McAlpine, Matt Oswald, Steve Birch,
Tom Bolohan, Tom Stewart
Visitors:
Thanks to everyone who helped with today's count... Bob, Matt, Tom B,
Chris, Mac, Steve, Keith, Cary, Ernie, John F, Tom S along with visitors
Tom and Cini Ovington along with Ken and Eleanor Ovington. (hopefully got
all the names included and spelled right.)
Weather:
A MUCH better day weather wise with moderate NW and NNW winds and a temp
that started at 11C to a high of 17C. Lots of cloud cover around making it
much easier to spot the birds.
Raptor Observations:
A great hawk watching day today with a total of 1,291 birds of 11 different
species. Finally got a decent push of Broadwings (772) with several nice
kettles though many passed through at quite the height.
A fantastic day for Bald Eagles (52) that were tallied as migrants since
they were spotted throughout the day crossing high over the hawk watch area
headed westward. Also an excellent flight of Peregrines (11) though not
totally a surprise given we're coming up on their prime time migration time
frame.
Other species seen included a single Osprey, N. Harriers (14), Sharpies
(179), Cooper's Hawks (4), Redtails (2), Am. Kestrels (129) and Merlins
(4).
Non-raptor Observations:
Some non-raptors reported today... including N. Flicker, DC Cormorant,
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Common Loons, Canada Geese, YB Sapsucker, GC and RC
Kinglets, BC Chickadees, Downy Woodpecker, Brown-headed Cowbirds, N.
Cardinals, Am. Robins, Am. Crows, Caspian Tern, Pileated Woodpecker, Common
Grackle, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hairy Woodpecker, WB
Nuthatch, WT Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Winter Wren, Northern Parula and
Cedar Waxwings. Blue Jays tallied 2,100.
Monarchs for the day: 68
Predictions:
The winds MAY prove interesting for more Peregrines IF they stay mostly
SW... but they look like they might get to WSW which would stall pretty
much any kind of decent flight overall. However, keep and eye on the
forecast for Saturday as winds are predicted to go NW overnight Friday and
well into the day Saturday which should bring some good birds. Fingers
crossed!!
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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
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