Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 20 20 1765 Osprey 1 1 61 Bald Eagle 0 0 84 Northern Harrier 4 4 221 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 12 1880 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 42 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4325 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 39 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 4 1225 Merlin 0 0 55 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 30 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 1 Total: 44 44 9734 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Lyon Observers: Derek Lyon, Don Taylor, Keith Sealy Visitors: Thanks to Jen and Derek, Keith and Don T for sticking around to get a count done today. Visitors today included a group of 30+ from Guelph Nature. Weather: Lots of cloud around and light ESE winds or no wind at all with temp to a high of 15C. Raptor Observations: Not any birds today... no surprise given the rotten wind direction. A total of 44 birds were tallied... with TVs (20), a lone Osprey, N. Harrier (4), Sharpies (12), a couple of Redtails, a few Am. Kestrels (4) and a single Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: Some of the non-raptors reported included Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brown Creeper, GC and RC Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, Chestnut-sided Warbler, YB Sapsucker, E. Towhee, Gray Catbird, Common Loons, Blue-headed Vireo and Black-throated Blue Warbler. Blue Jays tallied... 985 Monarch count: 80 ======================================================================== 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
