Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 468 4152 4663 Osprey 0 4 121 Bald Eagle 1 16 74 Northern Harrier 14 176 620 Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 872 5307 Cooper's Hawk 2 16 80 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 9 11 Broad-winged Hawk 3 52 12992 Red-tailed Hawk 2 50 111 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 19 169 1774 Merlin 2 15 70 Peregrine Falcon 3 9 53 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: 565 5541 25877 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Lyon Observers: Clive Hodder, Derek Lyon, Jim Dunn, Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to the crew who helped with today's count...Jen & Derek, Clive H., Winston, Keith S., Ronnie and Jim along with Tim from Washington DC Approx 20 other visitors throughout the day. Weather: Winds were light and variable and the weather was beautiful with lots of sunshine. Temp was warmer to a high of 16C. Some cloud cover to start the day and it slowly built to about 50% for the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight given the variable winds... with a total of 565 birds tallied for the day. Most hawks were pretty low in the sky for good viewing for visitors and the counters with the exception of the TV's going through in the north. The bulk of today's flight was TVs (468)...along with a lone Bald Eagle, H. Harriers (17 - A nice bonus were that 3 of these were males), Sharpies (49) and a single Cooper's Hawk...with Redtails (2) and Broadwings (3) and for falcons we had Kestrels (19), Merlins (2) and a nice surprise Peregrines (3). Non-raptor Observations: A pleasant surprise was the number of passerines migrating through which continued through to the end of the day. Blue Jays (1800 counted) Ruby C & Golden C Kinglets (lots), Yellow-rumped W (lots), Brown Creeper (2), Blackpoll W, Palm W, Black-throated Green W, Bay Breasted W, Wilson's W, Tennessee W, Phoebe, Common Loon (10), Kingfisher, 12 Tundra Swans, 3 Red-throated Loons, White-throated & White Crowned Sparrows, Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, White Breasted nuthatch, Blue-headed vireo, Pileated Woodpecker, Downy W, House Wren. 16 Monarchs counted from the mound. ======================================================================== 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