Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2023
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 2 840 13591
Osprey 0 0 61
Bald Eagle 11 69 316
Northern Harrier 17 71 661
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 174 5585
Cooper's Hawk 2 39 238
American Goshawk 1 5 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 8 437 619
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 32328
Red-tailed Hawk 61 1796 2852
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 18
Golden Eagle 13 97 121
American Kestrel 0 3 1985
Merlin 3 14 98
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 56
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: 128 3551 58538
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Dave Brown
Observers: Chris Burris, Ken Wootton, Mac McAlpine, Mark Cunningham,
Matt Oswald, Ronnie Goodhand
Visitors:
Nice to have the Halton North Peel Naturalist Club visiting the site today
for their outing along with a few others. Glad to see that they saw most of
the Golden Eagles which was one of their hoped for species. A big thanks to
them and the counters and observers for helping get a count done today.
Weather:
Great moderate NW winds all day with mostly pure blue skies... only a short
timeframe late morning where we had some clouds that formed only to
completely disappear again. Temps were colder starting at 2C and getting to
a high of just 5C. The humidity really dropped quickly as the morning
progressed.
Raptor Observations:
Not a huge flight with just 128 birds today but it was the quality that was
impressive. We had another 13 Golden Eagles today with several right
overhead providing some great looks and photo ops for the visitors.
Unfortunately, with the pure blue skies I'm pretty sure we simply missed a
lot of the buteos and accipiters crossing through today.
Non-raptor Observations:
I had a Common Raven that flew past early in the morning along with the
local Pileated Woodpecker and flocks of Purple Finch, Horned Larks, Am
Pipits, Pine Siskins, Cedar Waxwings and Am Goldfinch. Also noted were a
couple of Golden-crowned kinglets and WB Nuthatches. for the rest of the
non-raptors check out the number of eBird checklists for the Hawk Cliff
hotspot.
Predictions:
Monday has NE to E winds forecast with a bit more cloud which would help a
lot with spotting the birds. I suspect there will be a similar flight as we
had today with perhaps a few more buteos.
========================================================================
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:
https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392
--
Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario
Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario.
Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year
reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to:
[email protected].
If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email
at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at
http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines
During the COVID-19 pandemic, all Ontario birders should be taking extra
precautions and following local, provincial, and federal regulations regarding
physical distancing and non-essential travel.
To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page
at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
