Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 1743 3488 Osprey 0 6 66 Bald Eagle 0 13 97 Northern Harrier 0 44 261 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 461 2329 Cooper's Hawk 1 35 77 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 7 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 4326 Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 49 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 110 1331 Merlin 0 9 64 Peregrine Falcon 0 123 152 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: 3 2559 12250 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Cary Graham Visitors: Thanks to Bob and Cary for taking a shot at a count today. Weather: Complete cloud cover again today and unsettled weather with some rain in the 1-hour. Temp to a high of 16C and winds light and variable. Raptor Observations: Just 3 birds today once the rain stopped and they were a couple of Sharpies and a single Cooper's Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: Better non-raptors today...RC and GC Kinglets, Canada Geese, Pileated Woodpecker, YB Sapsucker, N. Flickers, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brown Creeper, BC Chickadees, Eastern Bluebirds, Common Grackles, RW Blackbirds, Am. Robins, Eastern Towhee, White-throated Sparrows, House Wren, Eastern Phoebe and Am. Crows. Blue Jay count: 670 Monarch count: 8 Predictions: Strong SW winds are predicted for Sunday... so the question is... are there any more Peregrines in the pipe? If so, tomorrow may just be the right weather to get them moving through. ======================================================================== 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
