Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 9 10 Bald Eagle 0 10 13 Northern Harrier 5 27 41 Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 137 160 Cooper's Hawk 3 5 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4 Broad-winged Hawk 4 613 638 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 136 171 Merlin 1 12 14 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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 1 1 Total: 37 956 1064 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Cary Graham Observers: Paul Thomas Visitors: Thanks to Cary, Paul T. and Lance W. for doing today's count. Weather: No cloud for most of the morning till the end of the count period at 11:00 EST... winds were light from the ENE and E and the temp started out at 7C and got to a high of 17C. Raptor Observations: Just 37 birds tallied today with the majority Sharpies (19), a single Osprey, N. Harriers (5), Cooper's Hawks (3), a few Broadwings (4) and Am. Kestrels (4) and a lone Merlin. Non-raptor Observations: Some good non-raptor sightings today with YB Sapsucker, Red-bellied and Pileated Woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, Gray Catbird, Blackburnian and Black and White Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, Blue Jays, Am. Goldfinch, BC Chickadees, RT Hummingbirds and White-breasted Nuthatch. ======================================================================== 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