Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 6 17 18 Bald Eagle 1 10 10 Northern Harrier 12 87 87 Sharp-shinned Hawk 331 1012 1012 Cooper's Hawk 3 9 9 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 169 817 847 Red-tailed Hawk 5 27 27 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 58 496 497 Merlin 2 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 3 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: 587 2500 2533 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: A few visitors again today. Thanks to Tom B and Su R for getting a count done today. Weather: Winds were very light NE for the first couple of hours before switching quickly to SE for the rest of the day. Temps are still way too warm from 17C to 27C. A little cloud cover in the early morning became complete cover for most of the rest of the count period/. Raptor Observations: Given the crappy wind direction (SE) it was a bit of a surprise to see the number of raptors moving through at the lake shore. Today's total birds was 587 with the bulk being Sharpies (331) and Am Kestrels (58) and Broadwings (169). There were a few nice Osprey (6) and another bit of a push of N. Harriers (12) with smaller numbers of other species. Non-raptor Observations: None were submitted. ======================================================================== 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: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392 -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
