Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2449 6488 6680 Osprey 0 12 92 Bald Eagle 11 39 130 Northern Harrier 25 125 426 Sharp-shinned Hawk 86 935 2867 Cooper's Hawk 1 34 65 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 34 34 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9 6802 Red-tailed Hawk 19 106 162 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 5 173 1076 Merlin 1 16 61 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 39 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: 2603 7991 18435 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Lyon Observers: Cary Graham, Derek Lyon, Keith Sealy Visitors: Thanks to Jen, Derek, Keith, Cary and Gray for helping do today's count. Weather: A beautiful day with blue skies and lots of sun. Temp got to a high of 14C with light winds that started from the NE and backed to the E. Raptor Observations: A good flight today with a total of 2,603 birds tallied. There were a lot of TVs on the move again today with 2,449 counted often in good sized kettles. Also had Bald Eagles (11), N. Harriers (25), Sharpies (86), Cooper's (1), Red-shoulders (5), Redtails (19), Am/ Kestrels (5), Merlin (1) and Peregrine (1). Highlight of the day had to be the 7 ..yep SEVEN Bald Eagles all overhead at the same time and vocalizing to each other! Non-raptor Observations: Another big push of Blue Jays again today with 6,110 tallied through the day. Also seen were both RC and GC Kinglets, RB and WB Nuthatches, Brown Creeper, House Wren, YB Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-capped Chickadee, Myrtle Warbler, BT Green Warbler, Common Loon and Am. Crows. ======================================================================== 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