Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2019
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 6367 9411 9837
Osprey 0 0 79
Bald Eagle 13 24 123
Northern Harrier 19 46 317
Sharp-shinned Hawk 431 782 2779
Cooper's Hawk 25 48 99
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 62 62 62
Broad-winged Hawk 0 61 5152
Red-tailed Hawk 238 272 311
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 3 3 3
American Kestrel 12 90 1776
Merlin 0 3 71
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 75
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: 7170 10810 20685
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Tom Bolohan
Observers: Ernie Gribble, Keith Sealy, Mark Cunningham, Matt Oswald,
Rebecca Vile, Ronnie Goodhand, Tom Stewart
Visitors:
A handful of visitors today to enjoy the nice flight. A big thanks to Tom
B, Matt, Ronnie, Rebecca, Tom S, Ernie, Mark, Ernie and Keith for spotting
all the birds and getting them tallied up for today's count.
Weather:
A fantastic hawk migration day weather-wise with mostly cloudy in the
morning first thing before breaking out to a good mix of sun and cloud. The
key were the light to moderate NW winds for the entire day bringing the
flight line right down to the Lake Erie shoreline or just slightly inland
at what we term "Sharpie Alley". Temps were very comfortable starting cool
at 6C and getting to a high of 11C.
Raptor Observations:
A really good push of migrant raptors today with a total of 7,170 birds
tallied. The bulk of these were TVs (6,367) as expected at this time of the
year... but even without the TVs the count of other species was 803..
Decent numbers of buteos today with Redtails (238) and Red-shoulders (62).
Lots of Sharpies (431) and Cooper's (25) and the first Golden Eagles (3) of
the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
For other species.... we had Ring-necked Pheasant, E. Phoebe, Rusty
Blackbird, E. Towhee, Blue-headed Vireos, White-throated Sparrows, Song
Sparrows, RC and GC Kinglets, Tundra Swans (3) flyby, warblers... Palm and
Myrtle, Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds (100's of each in large
flocks), E. Bluebirds (lots) and several Loons (appeared to be mostly
Common).
There were also 3 Monarch butterflies noted passing by the hawk watch
todat.
Predictions:
NIce day but not the best wind direction forecast with winds from the S.
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Report submitted by Dave Brown ([email protected])
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at:
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