Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5 100 100 Osprey 1 68 68 Bald Eagle 9 75 75 Northern Harrier 26 148 148 Sharp-shinned Hawk 112 1549 1549 Cooper's Hawk 1 17 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 524 5026 5026 Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 12 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 311 1395 1395 Merlin 9 51 51 Peregrine Falcon 3 43 43 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: 1001 8484 8484 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Cary Graham, Tom Stewart Visitors: A few visitors today... and thanks to Tom S, Keith and Carey for doing today's count. Weather: A bit of cloud cover with temps ranging from 16C to 24C. Winds were variable light to start then more steady from the WNW and finally NW. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight today with a total of 1,001 raptors tallied. A small flight of Broadwings (524) and a good push of Am. Kestrels (311) along with smaller numbers of other species. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.ca) 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
