Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 322 10978 11314 Osprey 0 5 52 Bald Eagle 9 132 245 Northern Harrier 15 416 588 Sharp-shinned Hawk 128 3675 4952 Cooper's Hawk 14 180 223 Northern Goshawk 1 5 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 44 138 138 Broad-winged Hawk 0 47 5880 Red-tailed Hawk 155 572 622 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 2 23 24 American Kestrel 6 1644 2467 Merlin 1 102 148 Peregrine Falcon 0 56 79 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: 697 17974 26740 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Dave Verkley, Mary Carnahan, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A big thanks to Chris B as today's counter along with help from Ronnie, Dave V., Mary and several visitors for helping spot the birds. Weather: The temperature ranged from 1C to 7C. Winds were steady NW until early afternoon, then weakened a bit and shifted toward N. Cloud cover ranged from 0% at the start to 100% by the end of the observation period. Raptor Observations: A fair day with just under 700 birds, with Buteos making a strong showing, along with one Northern Goshawk and a couple of subadult looking Golden Eagles. Birds were often high and/or distant, especially later in the day, and so some lacking a consensus ID -- were unfortunately left uncounted. Non-raptor Observations: Some good non-raptors observed today with... Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Crow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Nashville Warbler, European Starling, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Hairy Woodpecker, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, Canada Goose, Eastern Bluebird, Common Grackle, Hermit Thrush, Mourning Dove, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown Creeper, and Winter Wren. ======================================================================== 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
