Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 22 1765 3510 Osprey 0 6 66 Bald Eagle 0 13 97 Northern Harrier 0 44 261 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 461 2329 Cooper's Hawk 0 35 77 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 7 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 4326 Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 49 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 110 1331 Merlin 0 9 64 Peregrine Falcon 3 126 155 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 0 2 Total: 25 2584 12275 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 2.5 hours Official Counter: Mary Carnahan Observers: Cary Graham Visitors: Thanks to Mary and Cary for today's count on a pretty rotten day. Weather: WINDY! Very strong SW winds today blowing straight up the cliff. Temp quite warm to 21C ahead of a cold front crossing the region which began dropping the temp through the day. Lots of cloud cover. Raptor Observations: A small flight today with a total of 25 birds.... the highlight the 3 Peregrines along with 22 TVs. A couple of TVs that were not counted cruised the cliff from time to time. Other than that, a single Red-tailed Hawk was observed kiting along the cliff during the first hour and a young Bald Eagle was noted during the second hour, cruising back and forth along the cliff. Non-raptor Observations: A few non-raptors braved the winds and weather and were seen in and around the observation knoll. We know from the past few days' observations that there are a lot of fall passerines hanging out at Hawk Cliff but today most of them were hunkered down in the shrubs and trees. A few species were observed including Northern Flicker, White-throated Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Northern Cardinal. In the squash field, a flock of European Starlings provided a few minutes' entertainment by performing their characteristic aerial ballet and a few Blue Jays flew back and forth across the field. Ring-billed and Herring Gulls were really the only constant today, patrolling the cliff endlessly. In the non-avian categories, a handful of monarch butterflies and a lone green darner, apparently roosting in the vegetation in the squash field, were observed trying to make it to the treeline, but were easily blown back. Predictions: Monday could see a bit of a flight with predicted moderate NW winds for the entire day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.on.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
