Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2019
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 771 10182 10608
Osprey 0 0 79
Bald Eagle 6 30 129
Northern Harrier 5 51 322
Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 833 2830
Cooper's Hawk 12 60 111
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 73 135 135
Broad-winged Hawk 0 61 5152
Red-tailed Hawk 288 560 599
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 3 6 6
American Kestrel 0 90 1776
Merlin 2 5 73
Peregrine Falcon 1 8 76
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: 1212 12022 21897
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 13:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Dave Brown
Observers: Ches Caister, Ernie Gribble, Richard Skevington,
Tom Bolohan
Visitors:
A good turnout today for the OFO outing along with a bunch from the
Woodstock Field Naturalists. A big thanks to everyone for helping spot
birds today and glad everyone had a great time... especially those who saw
their first ever Golden Eagle!
Weather:
The weather ended up being far nicer than was expected with a good mix of
sun and cloud and light NE winds. The winds did eventually swing round to
the E and finally ESE which basically brought the flight to a standstill.
Raptor Observations:
A pretty good flight today with a total of 1212 birds. Even though a large
portion of this flight was TVs (771) there were decent numbers of Redtails
(288) and Red-shouldered (73). The highlight today for visitors was the 3
Golden Eagles the first of which flew directly over everyone providing
awesome views! There were other species as well including Merlin (2) and a
single Peregrine, Cooper's (12), N. Harriers (5) and Bald Eagles (6)
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of non-raptors were on the move today as well taking advantage of the
favourable winds and weather..... including Pileated Woodpecker, N.
Flicker, Tons of Am. Robins on the move, a single Gray-cheeked Thrush that
sat right out on the roadway for nearly a full minute giving nice views,
lots of E. Bluebirds flying over, Cedar Waxwings, Am. Pipits, Am.
Goldfinch, GC and RC Kinglets, Black-capped Chickadee, WT Sparrows, DC
Cormorants, Canada Geese, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, lots of Blue Jays,
hundreds of Am. Crows and RW Blackbirds, a few Common Grackles, several
Common Loons all headed directly out to the lake, a couple of Great Blue
Herons, Killdeer and a single Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Should also mention for those who've asked in the past.... we had 3
MONARCHS go by the hawk watch today!
Predictions:
Sunday is promising to be a pretty nasty day weather wise so I wouldn't
expect many birds to be in the air. The next potentially favourable day
appears to be Wed next week with forecast NW and NE winds.
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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
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