Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 502 24866 Osprey 0 1 124 Bald Eagle 0 23 173 Northern Harrier 3 41 1008 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 40 8384 Cooper's Hawk 0 10 219 Northern Goshawk 0 0 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 32 333 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 13000 Red-tailed Hawk 2 866 2666 Rough-legged Hawk 1 7 9 Golden Eagle 0 20 78 American Kestrel 0 2 1936 Merlin 0 4 93 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 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: 6 1548 52972 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Mary Carnahan Observers: Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy Visitors: No visitors. Weather: Cloudy conditions prevailed throughout todays watch, bringing intermittent snow from 10:00 to 12:00. The temperature reached a high of 1 degree Celsius in the last hour. Winds were light and ESE to start, but velocity increased over the 4-hour watch and the wind worked its way round to the SW by noon, with gusts up to 25 kph during the last hour. Raptor Observations: With a lot of persistence, observers tallied a total of 6 migratory raptors today including 3 Northern Harriers, 2 Red-tailed Hawks and 1 Rough-legged Hawk. In addition, 1 local adult Bald Eagle flew low along the Cliff, headed east, a single Red-tailed Hawk was seen perched in a tree at the B&B, 2 TVs were spotted circling the water tower near Port Stanley and that was absolutely IT for raptor activity today. Non-raptor Observations: Passerines were busy along Hawk Cliff Rd, especially in areas where the road is lined with goldenrod and sumacs. Few species were reported, but multiples of several species were found including Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Am. Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Am. Goldfinch. Singles of Northern Flicker and Red-bellied Woodpecker were also found. At the top of Hawk Cliff Rd were 24 House Sparrows and about the same of E. Starlings. Many Gulls were noted with sightings of many Herring and Ring-billed Gulls and a few Bonapartes as well. A flock of about 2 dozen Red-winged Blackbirds and a flock of 16 Am. Robins flew west across the field at Sharpie Alley but only 1 small flock of Tundra Swans was reported today. Snow Buntings are still in the area 150 were seen just north of the Cliff. Predictions: Expect a high of 4 C tomorrow, with mainly sunny skies and W wind at about 20 kph. Wednesdays forecast says back to SW winds but still mainly sunny with slightly higher temperatures for mid-week. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Mary Carnahan ([email protected]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] 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
