Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 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 2 8 225 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 23 1891 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 6 14 1235 Merlin 0 1 56 Peregrine Falcon 2 19 48 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 2 Total: 16 88 9779 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand, Tom Bolohan Visitors: Thanks to Tom B, Keith, Ronnie and Alfred R. for today's count. Weather: A beautiful sunny day to start with quite a bit of cloud moving in later in the morning. Temp got to a high of 22C and winds moderate from the W. Raptor Observations: One less bird today with just 16 total... of which just 2 were Peregrines... Am. Kestrels (6), Sharpies (6) and a couple of N. Harriers. Non-raptor Observations: The big story today was the Blue Jay migration which started right away at first light and continued non-stop for the first few hours of the morning reaching a total count of 22,370. Other non-raptors spotted today included RC and GC Kinglets, Am. Crow, Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Canada Geese, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpecker, YB Sapsucker, N. Flicker, BC Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Am. Robin, Eastern Bluebirds, Blue-headed Vireo, White-throated and Song Sparrow, House Wren, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood-Pewee and Am. Goldfinch. A great count of Monarchs: 540 Predictions: Some chance of rain and light E winds will mean another small flight for Friday. However, BOTH Saturday and Sunday look very interesting with predicted strong to moderate SW winds which are great for more Peregrines. ======================================================================== 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
