Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 95 95 Osprey 8 67 67 Bald Eagle 0 66 66 Northern Harrier 39 122 122 Sharp-shinned Hawk 26 1437 1437 Cooper's Hawk 2 16 16 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4502 4502 Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 12 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 141 1084 1084 Merlin 4 42 42 Peregrine Falcon 24 40 40 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: 244 7483 7483 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Matt Oswald Observers: Bob Johnstone, Carol Parafenko, Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A big thanks to Matt, Ronnie, Carol, Bob, Keith and to visitors Ken and Barb for helping with today's count. Weather: Nice strong winds out of the SW was a perfect setup for raptors migrating along the cliff edge today. Basically, no clouds to start then building in quickly from the west. Temp was 19C to start then getting to a high of 22C. Raptor Observations: Wow! We had figured with the strong SW winds that there'd be a possibility for Peregrines today and they didn't disappoint with 24 by the end of the count period. In fact this number may have been higher as the counters suspect they may have missed some before they arrived. Total raptors for today's flight were 244 with lots of Am. Kestrels (141) as well and a few Merlin (4). Non-raptor Observations: None 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