Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 1754 36347 Osprey 0 0 67 Bald Eagle 2 70 256 Northern Harrier 0 39 415 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 199 3626 Cooper's Hawk 0 51 225 Northern Goshawk 0 9 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 211 394 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 4342 Red-tailed Hawk 31 1304 1799 Rough-legged Hawk 0 29 37 Golden Eagle 1 116 147 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: 42 3798 49312 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: Mary Carnahan Observers: Jim Dunn Visitors: Thanks to Mary and Jim for getting a count done today. Weather: Winds were a bit better today light to moderate from the NW. Temp got to a high of 4C and there were some good clouds around. Raptor Observations: A small flight but with some good birds with a total of 32 for the day. Non-raptor Observations: Numerous other avian species were seen today including 2 common loons, crows, blue jays, flock of juncos, a single golden-crowned kinglet very low down in the roadside weeds, pair of cardinals, mourning dove, red-bellied woodpecker, chickadees, goldfinches, migrating flocks of red-winged blackbirds and European starlings, plus 8 eastern bluebirds on the wires along Fairview Rd on the way to the cliff. Also of note today, we saw sores of very small, white / beige moths. ======================================================================== 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
