Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 295 27378 29123 Osprey 0 7 67 Bald Eagle 0 57 141 Northern Harrier 0 125 342 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 1156 3024 Cooper's Hawk 0 72 114 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 45 51 Broad-winged Hawk 0 13 4338 Red-tailed Hawk 3 204 241 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 8 8 American Kestrel 0 165 1386 Merlin 0 16 71 Peregrine Falcon 0 136 165 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: 306 29384 39075 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 12:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: Mary Carnahan Observers: Keith Sealy Visitors: Thanks to Mary and Keith for doing the count today. Weather: Another mixed bag of weather today with moderate winds from the WSW and again lots of clouds. Even cooler temps today with a high to just 8C. Raptor Observations: Another flight of mostly TVs (295)... with a few other birds...Sharpies (8) and Redtails (3) for a total of 306 for the day. Non-raptor Observations: We counted 20 monarchs, many flying high overhead this afternoon. In addition, a single Black Saddlebags dragonfly managed to cross the field and clear the treeline at Sharpie Alley. In the non-raptor avian department, 16 species were spotted today, mostly in the immediate area surrounding Sharpie Alley. These were Am. Pipit, Am. Robin, Eastern Bluebird, European Starling, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Winter Wren, Blue Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, Blak-capped Chickadee and Northern Cardinal. Predictions: It may be just SLIGHTLY better for a flight on Thursday if the winds don't get to much around to the West. And if there's some good sunshine around they may even be able to catch some thermals and kettle up. ======================================================================== 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
