Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 89 124 11992 Osprey 0 0 52 Bald Eagle 4 8 262 Northern Harrier 6 18 624 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 32 5003 Cooper's Hawk 11 18 251 Northern Goshawk 1 1 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 20 37 180 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5883 Red-tailed Hawk 174 267 984 Rough-legged Hawk 3 3 6 Golden Eagle 4 9 42 American Kestrel 0 4 2478 Merlin 0 2 153 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 80 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: 316 523 27999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Don Campbell, Keith Sealy Visitors: Thanks to Chris B. as official counter today along with observers Don and Keith. Just one other visitor to the site today. Weather: The temperature ranged from -4C to 2C. Winds were moderate NW to start, then swung SW and weakened by the end of the observation period. Cloud cover increased from 0% to 60%. Raptor Observations: After a long spell of not-great weather, 316 birds were tallied today not bad at all for mid-November. Many birds were certainly missed, as their paths were scattered and often quite high. Four Golden Eagles, plus a low Northern Goshawk near the knoll, were definite highlights. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Crow, European Starling, Pine Siskin, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Canada Goose, Eastern Bluebird, Red-winged Blackbird, Horned Lark, Tundra Swan and late Orange-crowned Warbler. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([email protected]) 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 [email protected] 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
