Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 336 Osprey 0 0 47 Bald Eagle 5 16 129 Northern Harrier 3 3 175 Sharp-shinned Hawk 81 95 1372 Cooper's Hawk 1 2 45 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5833 Red-tailed Hawk 2 5 55 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 19 21 844 Merlin 1 1 47 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 23 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: 115 146 8912 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Ernie Gribble Observers: Cary Graham, Mary Carnahan Visitors: Thanks to Ernie, Cary and Mary for doing a count today. Weather: Some fog to start then eventually breaking out around mid-morning. Temp still quite warm and very high humidity making the temps feel like 29C. Winds were light to moderate from the E. Raptor Observations: A small flight today with 115 birds total. Non-raptor Observations: There were passerines reported.... RC Kinglet, woodpeckers: Downy, Hairy, YB Sapsucker, Red-bellied, N. Flicker and a nice juvenile Red-headed. Other birds included lots of Blue Jays that continued to migrate through the entire count period, Am. Crows, Mourning Doves, White-throated and Field Sparrows, Purple Finch, Hermit and Swainson's Thrush, RB Nuthatch, Yellow-rumped, Palm and Blackpoll Warblers, Turkey Vultures and Canada Geese. Predictions: More winds from the SW may bring along more raptors at the cliff itself especially the falcons. Otherwise, most other species will likely get pushed inland. ======================================================================== 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
