Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2017
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 280 1248 35841
Osprey 0 0 67
Bald Eagle 15 36 222
Northern Harrier 5 22 398
Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 154 3581
Cooper's Hawk 7 35 209
Northern Goshawk 0 3 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 35 83 266
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 4341
Red-tailed Hawk 102 378 873
Rough-legged Hawk 2 23 31
Golden Eagle 19 62 93
American Kestrel 0 4 1394
Merlin 2 8 83
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 167
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: 492 2058 47572
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Chris Burris
Observers: Dave Verkley, Jim Landau, Karen Landau, Keith Sealy,
Mac McAlpine, Mary Carnahan, Matt Oswald,
Richard Skevington, Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
A big thanks to everyone that helped with today's count and to all the
visitors that made it down and helped with spotting the birds.
Weather:
Winds were NNW to NW all day. We began with complete cloud cover and ended
with around 40%. Temp hovered around 5C to 6C.
Raptor Observations:
Lower numbers with a total of 492, but still decent variety with 10
species. Nice highlight was (as expected) 19 Golden Eagles for the day,
with 6 visible at
once during the 1100 oclock hour. All in all a nice movement of birds.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots, even without searching the woodlots. Hairy Woodpecker, Hairy
Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped
Warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, American Goldfinch,
Whitethroated
Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing, Common Grackle, Pine Siskin, Wood Duck,
Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Eastern Bluebird, American Pipit,
American Robin, Brown Creeper, Tundra Swan (30), and Common Raven (2).
Predictions:
I'd expect a similar flight tomorrow on predicted NE winds thought they'll
be a bit lighter. This will be the 2nd day in a row with northerly winds
across the entire region which often results in a good flight of birds.
Fingers crossed for those that venture out to the site for Tuesday.
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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
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