Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 20 1765 Osprey 0 1 61 Bald Eagle 0 0 84 Northern Harrier 1 5 222 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 14 1882 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 42 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4325 Red-tailed Hawk 0 2 39 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 5 1226 Merlin 0 0 55 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 30 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 0 1 Total: 4 48 9738 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Cary Graham, Keith Sealy Visitors: There were visitors today... Jan and Kathryn T. (Burlington) and Ray and Rick (Brantford). Thanks to Bob, Cary and Keith for today's count. Weather: Cold to start the day at 2C but warming up fairly quickly to 20C with just a bit of cloud around. The problem was the wind direction which was again from the ESE and resulted in virtually NO migration today. Raptor Observations: Just 4 birds counted today with a single each of Am. Kestrel and N. Harrier and a couple of Sharpies. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors today... Canada Geese, E. Starling, Am. Crow, several Woodpeckers... Downy, Hairy, N. Flciker, YB Sapdsucker and Red-bellied, an Ovenbird (getting late for this species), Eastern Phoebe, Winter Wren and White-throated Sparrows. Blue Jays tally...530 Monarch count: 67 Predictions: Winds are predicted to be S for the day tomorrow getting stronger later in the day but unfortunately, this is still a problematic wind direction. However, with winds predicted to swing to the SW and strong for both Wed and Thu I'd say there's a good chance mid week for a decent Peregrine flight as they love to migrate on such winds. ======================================================================== 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
