Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 4 4 Bald Eagle 3 3 3 Northern Harrier 6 12 12 Sharp-shinned Hawk 78 83 83 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 14 14 14 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 63 74 74 Merlin 2 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 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: 170 196 196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Chris Burris, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Mary Carnahan Visitors: A big thanks to everyone that helped with today's count... Tom B., Chris B., Jim D., Mary C., Keith S along with several visitors. Weather: Started with a lot of clouds in the morning and then opening up a bit with sun mixed with clouds and good moderate NW winds for the day. Temp was a comfortable range of 15C to 19C by the end of the count. Raptor Observations: Today proved to be quite good for this early in the season with a total of 170 birds for the day. The bulk of today's flight was Sharpies (78) and Kestrels (63) along with Osprey (2), Bald Eagles (3), N. Harriers (6), Cooper's Hawk (2), our first Broadwings (14) and a couple of Merlins. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Will mention that there were quite a few Monarchs today. Predictions: More winds from the N for Sunday with a mix of sun and cloud. Might see a bit of a flight again though not a large flight. ======================================================================== 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
