Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 764 2509 Osprey 0 6 66 Bald Eagle 0 4 88 Northern Harrier 4 34 251 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 389 2257 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 46 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 7 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 4326 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 40 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 6 82 1303 Merlin 0 9 64 Peregrine Falcon 1 121 150 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 33 1419 11110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Bob Johnstone Observers: Ernie Gribble, Michael Sandell Visitors: Thanks to Bob, Ernie and Mike S for today's report along with visitors Richard and Andalyne T. Weather: In a word.... FOG. A good chunk of the morning saw fog completely socking in the hawk watch resulting in no flight. Eventually, the fog burned off and a few birds crossed through. Temp got to a high of 21C and winds were light from the N and NW. Raptor Observations: Just 33 birds total today with Sharpies (20), N. Harriers (4), single each of Red-shoulder, Broadwing and Peregrine and a few more Am. Kestrels (6). Non-raptor Observations: Some non-raptors reported today with Am. Crow, Am. Robin, White-throated and Song Sparrow, Downy, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, YB Sapsuckers, N. Flickers, for warblers... Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Blackpoll and Orange-crowned, RC and GC Kinglets, House Wren, N. Cardinals, Eastern Phoebe, Gray Catbirds, Blue-headed Vireo, Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, DE Junco, Blue Jays and even a late RT Hummingbird. Predictions: Supposed to be strong ENE and E winds BUT a good chance of rain... so it's hard to say what the flight will be like. If the rain comes as predicted it will likely be enough to shut down the flight completely. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.on.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