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 5 11 228 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 27 1895 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 11 19 1240 Merlin 1 2 57 Peregrine Falcon 11 28 57 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: 38 110 9801 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone, Tom Bolohan 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: Turns out Tom B stayed for a few extra hours when the wind increased more from the SW... and got a nice flight of Peregrines late into the afternoon... so I've had to add to today's report. The total for the day ended up being 38 birds with Peregrines (11), Am. Kestrels (11), Sharpies (10), N. Harriers (5) and a lone Merlin. 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
