Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 332 552 2297 Osprey 1 5 65 Bald Eagle 4 4 88 Northern Harrier 2 22 239 Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 59 1927 Cooper's Hawk 1 2 44 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4325 Red-tailed Hawk 1 3 40 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 6 32 1253 Merlin 3 6 61 Peregrine Falcon 14 119 148 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: 378 805 10496 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Bob Johnstone, Cary Graham, Mary Carnahan, Matt Oswald Visitors: Thanks to all those who helped with today's count... Tom B, Matt, Cary, Bob, Mary, Kay J and all the visitors including Carrie, Janet and David W and John P (Rochester NY) and many others who's names weren't reported. Weather: Another good day for a flight right along the cliff with moderate SW winds to start but unfortunately, backing to W for the afternoon. Temp got to a high o 22C. Some cloud cover early breaking out to mostly sunny skies. Raptor Observations: A nice day for hawk watching and a decent flight along the cliff with a total of 378 birds..... with some more Peregrines (14) which now ties our season total record of 148 ... so this record too will most likely fall this week. Other species were on the move as well with TVs (332), a single Osprey, Bald Eagles (4), N. Harriers (2), Sharpies (14), a lone Cooper's Hawk and a single Red-tailed Hawk that appeared to be migrating, Am. Kestrels (6) and a few Merlins (3). Non-raptor Observations: I didn't get a non-raptor report today. Predictions: Monday looks like a decent day for migration with lighter winds out of the NW to N to NE for the day. Any birds already in the pipeline will likely be on the move. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.on.ca) 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
