Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5 5 5 Osprey 4 74 74 Bald Eagle 2 32 32 Northern Harrier 12 212 212 Sharp-shinned Hawk 195 1613 1613 Cooper's Hawk 10 28 28 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 192 6736 6736 Red-tailed Hawk 5 12 12 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 50 861 861 Merlin 6 40 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 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: 481 9620 9620 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Chris Burris, Don MacDonald, Don Taylor, Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Tom B., Chris B., Keith S., Don McD., Don T. and Ronnie G. for doing the count today. There were a few visitors including some families with kids that at least got to see some birds on the move. :) Weather: Much better weather today for the hawk migration with light to moderate winds first from the NW and then swinging to the N and eventually NE for the rest of the day. Temp cooler to a high if 16C though the humidity was still a bit high in the morning which may have slowed the migration down a bit. Some pretty good cloud cover today as well making spotting the birds easier. Raptor Observations: A decent flight today with a total of 481 birds...with a nice flight of Sharpies (195) just beating out the Broadwings (192). Other species included TVs (5) the first tallied this year as migrants, Osprey (4), Bald Eagle (2), N. Harrier (12), Cooper's Hawks (10), Redtails (5), A. Kestrels and Merlin (6). Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Well...there's no doubt that a cold front has pushed across the Great Lakes region with much cooler overnight temps (and even a FROST warning in the Bancroft area!) into the single digits. This should get the birds moving for Saturday and with strong NE forecast for the day we could see a good push of birds. Fingers crossed! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.on.ca) 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 (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