Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 11, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 1726 21459 Osprey 0 1 339 Bald Eagle 1 28 251 Northern Harrier 1 74 1669 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 152 14049 Cooper's Hawk 2 70 378 Northern Goshawk 0 16 24 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 967 1291 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 99105 Red-tailed Hawk 52 5624 7330 Rough-legged Hawk 0 22 41 Golden Eagle 5 94 141 American Kestrel 0 1 4397 Merlin 0 1 187 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 82 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: 75 8777 150743 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Jim Dunn Observers: Alf Rider, John Potticary, Kathy, Mary Carnahan, Tom Bolohan Visitors: No visitors noted today. Weather: Today, the wind played around between SE and S but was mainly SE...AARGH!!!! As a result the birds were spread out from the lake to just north of the ridge. Sky was CLEAR BLUE again and birds were very difficult to spot but easy to ID with the perfect light. Raptor Observations: Today's flight totaled just 75 raptors...with a few each of 7 different species and the bulk being Redtails (52). Another small number of Golden Eagles (5). One of the Goldens was south of Dexter Line, three were observed from the B&B but they were north of Roberts Line and the last one was observed south of the ridge from Yarmouth Line. Of interest was a RED-SHOULDER that had most feathers missing from one wing. Non-raptor Observations: Under sunny skies, observers enjoyed the usual variety of late fall birds at cliffside and along HC Rd including FIELD, WHITE-THROATED & SONG SPARROWS and numerous "feeder" birds. As well, the flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS is hanging in, although somewhat reduced in numbers, as we are now seeing about 2 dozen on a regular basis as compared with the 70+ we had early last week. With the shifting flight path today, we stopped at 3 locations, each one with its own chattering RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. Also, observers noticed a few meadowhawk dragonflies and an unspecified darner -- interesting sightings for mid-November! Predictions: Weather guessers aren't predicting much change for tomorrow or for the weekend. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebro...@ezlink.on.ca) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/