Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 70 70 Bald Eagle 0 30 30 Northern Harrier 1 200 200 Sharp-shinned Hawk 23 1418 1418 Cooper's Hawk 0 18 18 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6544 6544 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 811 811 Merlin 0 34 34 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 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: 29 9139 9139 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Tom Stewart Visitors: Thanks to Keith S. and Tom S. for doing a count today. Weather: Winds were mainly SW and S for the day and light. Temp got to a high of 21C and the humidity dropped away as drier air moved in with the big high pressure system over the Great Lakes region. Raptor Observations: A much smaller flight today with just 29 birds ...mostly Sharpies (23) along with a single N. Harrier and A. Kestrels (5). Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays were the big story today in the other category with LOTS moving through...although no actual estimate was recorded. ======================================================================== 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