Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 29, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 1754 36347 Osprey 0 0 67 Bald Eagle 12 82 268 Northern Harrier 5 44 420 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 215 3642 Cooper's Hawk 4 55 229 Northern Goshawk 0 9 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 24 235 418 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 4342 Red-tailed Hawk 80 1384 1879 Rough-legged Hawk 0 29 37 Golden Eagle 2 118 149 American Kestrel 1 6 1396 Merlin 1 9 84 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: 145 3943 49457 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Matt Oswald Observers: Mary Carnahan, Michael Sandell Visitors: Thanks to Matt, Mary, Jim, M. Helm and G. Sandell. Weather: Brilliant sunshine to start today but quickly clouded over with solid overcast. Eventually, the clouds started to break out to nearly complete sunshine once again. Temp was fairly steady from 4C to 5C and winds were light to moderate from the NW and NNW. Raptor Observations: A nice flight today with a total of 145 birds. Some great looks at Red-shoulders and a couple more Golden Eagles that flew through together just to our south. Non-raptor Observations: A nice non-raptor highlight today was a number of Sandhill Crane flocks the migrated right overhead with a total of 166 of these large birds... the largest flight which had 55 in it. ======================================================================== 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
