Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 17 18 Bald Eagle 13 43 43 Northern Harrier 9 52 55 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 132 134 Cooper's Hawk 0 9 9 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 8 518 520 Red-tailed Hawk 0 13 13 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 5 199 200 Merlin 4 13 13 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 58 997 1006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Matt Oswald Observers: Clive Hodder, Eric Single, Keith Sealy Visitors: Thanks to Matt and Eric for covering the count today with some afternoon help from Keith and Clive. Once the sun came out a few others were down to the site as well. Weather: A bit of a weird day for weather with a mostly clouded over sky to start and then filling in completely just a couple of hours in. Temp was comfortable to start at 15C and remained steady around that with a slight drop when it clouded over completely. It didn't open up at all till mid-afternoon. Winds were favourable from the NW and then NNW and finally straight N. Raptor Observations: Not as many birds today as hoped for given the wind direction with a total of just 58.... a few each of various species with Osprey (2), Bald Eagles (13), N. Harriers (9), Sharpies (17), Broadwings (8), Am. Kestrels (5) and Merlin (4). A Peregrine was spotted heading east bound so was not included in today's count. Non-raptor Observations: Only non-raptor mentioned today was a Chimney Swift. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.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
