Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 116 26646 28391 Osprey 0 7 67 Bald Eagle 16 54 138 Northern Harrier 7 111 328 Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 1003 2871 Cooper's Hawk 0 68 110 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 27 33 Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 4337 Red-tailed Hawk 4 170 207 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 8 8 American Kestrel 2 156 1377 Merlin 0 15 70 Peregrine Falcon 3 135 164 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: 176 28414 38105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Cary Graham, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to Bob, Cary and Mary for doing the count today...and there were a couple of visitors from Waterloo, Eva Visscher, Joan and Dave Robertson (New York) and Bill Wright. Weather: A little bit of cloud cover to start the morning with temps from 12C to a high of 19C. Winds were moderate from the SW and WSW for the day. Raptor Observations: A total of 176 birds tallied today with most TVs (116) along with Bald Eagles (16), N. Harriers (7), Sharpies (28), Redtails (4), Am. Kestrels (2) and another few Peregrines (3). Non-raptor Observations: For non-raptors... Common Loon, Am. Crow, Canada Geese and N. Cardinal with Blue Jays (140). Monarch count: 10 Lots of black saddlebags, a couple of green darners. ======================================================================== 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
