Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 22, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 1751 36344 Osprey 0 0 67 Bald Eagle 4 66 252 Northern Harrier 3 39 415 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 196 3623 Cooper's Hawk 1 51 225 Northern Goshawk 2 9 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 207 390 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 4342 Red-tailed Hawk 76 1266 1761 Rough-legged Hawk 1 29 37 Golden Eagle 12 115 146 American Kestrel 0 5 1395 Merlin 0 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: 107 3745 49259 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Tom B for today's count... and some nice birds to boot. Weather: Moderate NW winds with a bit of light snowsqualls pushing into the area. Mostly overcast but every once in a while some patches of blue sky. Raptor Observations: A total of 107 birds counted today with some nice highlights... another flight of Golden Eagles (12) and a couple more N. Goshawks along with Bald Eagles (4), N. Harriers (3), Sharpies (3), a single Cooper's Hawk, Red-shoulders (4), Redtails (76) and a long Roughie. Also a single TV spotted today. Non-raptor Observations: A nice flyby of Sandhill Cranes (25) headed westbound at around 1:45 p.m. ======================================================================== 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
