Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 194 19932 19940 Osprey 0 9 62 Bald Eagle 0 184 236 Northern Harrier 5 206 537 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 1718 3714 Cooper's Hawk 0 104 149 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 117 121 Broad-winged Hawk 0 8 1301 Red-tailed Hawk 1 556 612 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 15 16 American Kestrel 0 222 1386 Merlin 0 26 74 Peregrine Falcon 0 41 60 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 216 23141 28211 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ken Wootton Visitors: Thanks to Tom and Ken for today's report. Weather: Pure blue skies with light SW winds for the count period. Unfortunately, there was bery little thermal lift today so the only birds moving through were along the cliff or just flying past at low level. Raptor Observations: A very small flight today wuth just 216 birds and 194 of these were TVs. The other 22 wree mostly Sharpies and N. HArriers along with a single Redtail. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. ======================================================================== 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 To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
