Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 22 23 Bald Eagle 0 46 46 Northern Harrier 5 61 64 Sharp-shinned Hawk 158 511 513 Cooper's Hawk 1 12 12 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 63 620 622 Red-tailed Hawk 0 15 15 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 71 355 356 Merlin 2 17 17 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: 301 1660 1669 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Tom B for today's hawk watch count and to everyone that helped with day 2 of the Hawk Cliff weekends. Weather: Winds were a bit better to start today light from the NE but then swung around to SE by mid-morning. Temp was once again too warm hitting a high of 28C and felt much hotter with the continuing humidity. There were no clouds for the count period. Raptor Observations: A very similar number of birds on the move today as yesterday with a total of 301... mostly Sharpies (158), Broadwings (63) and Kestrels (71) .....and also Osprey (1), N. Harriers (5), Coopers Hawk (1) and Merlin (2). Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptor sightings were not reported. ======================================================================== 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
