Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 37 37 Bald Eagle 0 13 13 Northern Harrier 1 83 83 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 221 221 Cooper's Hawk 0 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 447 447 Red-tailed Hawk 0 5 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 184 184 Merlin 1 10 10 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4 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: 26 1010 1010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Lyon Observers: Bob Johnstone, Derek Lyon, Tom Stewart Visitors: It was the 1st day of the 1st Open House Weekend at the hawkwatch and though there were a few visitors no names were reported ...but with Sunday looking like hawk migration weather day 2 promises to be a good one. Thanks to Jen and Derek Lyon as today's counters, Tom Stewart, Bob Johnstone and Madi. Weather: Rain in the 1st hour but stopped by the 2nd hour. Counters endured extremely high winds from the SW and muggy hot temps to a high of 26C. Raptor Observations: Nice osprey early and then slow and steady birds throughout the day for a total of . A resident red-tail was present kiting above the cliff at the lake and numerous local bald eagles flew back and forth consistently. The day's count ended on a high note with a merlin dive-bombing after a kestrel in front of the merlin tree. And finally a Peregrine moving along the lakeside. Pretty good day considering original prediction of all day rain. Non-raptor Observations: Reports of N. Flicker, Cedar Waxwings, several blue jays (with plenty more to come!), RT Hummingbirds, Common Loon Tree, Barn and Rough-winged swallows and on the insect front 38 Monarchs counted along with several Viceroy, Saddlebags and Green darners. Predictions: Sunday looks really good with lots of sunshine, low humidity and moderate winds from the NW for the day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.on.ca) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm