Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 452 11430 11766 Osprey 0 5 52 Bald Eagle 3 135 248 Northern Harrier 7 424 596 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 3689 4966 Cooper's Hawk 4 185 228 Northern Goshawk 1 6 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 143 143 Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 5883 Red-tailed Hawk 74 647 697 Rough-legged Hawk 2 3 3 Golden Eagle 5 28 29 American Kestrel 1 1646 2469 Merlin 2 104 150 Peregrine Falcon 1 57 80 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 Total: 559 18552 27318 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Dave Wright, Gord Otis Visitors: A big thanks to Gord Otis and Dave Wright for doing today's count. Weather: The temp was pretty much steady around 8C... with moderate E winds. Mostly cloudy for the day. Raptor Observations: A total of 559 birds were tallied today... with the bulk being TVs (452) along with smaller numbers of ...Bald Eagles (3), N. Harriers (7), Sharpies (5), Cooper's (4), N. Goshawk (1), Red-shoulders (2), Redtails (74), Roughies (2), Golden Eagles (5), Am. Kestrel (1), Merlin (2) and a lone Peregrine Falcon. Not a bad day at all on E winds. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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
