Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 771 10182 10608 Osprey 0 0 79 Bald Eagle 6 30 129 Northern Harrier 5 51 322 Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 833 2830 Cooper's Hawk 12 60 111 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 73 135 135 Broad-winged Hawk 0 61 5152 Red-tailed Hawk 288 560 599 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 3 6 6 American Kestrel 0 90 1776 Merlin 2 5 73 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 76 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: 1212 12022 21897 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Ches Caister, Ernie Gribble, Richard Skevington, Tom Bolohan Visitors: A good turnout today for the OFO outing along with a bunch from the Woodstock Field Naturalists. A big thanks to everyone for helping spot birds today and glad everyone had a great time... especially those who saw their first ever Golden Eagle! Weather: The weather ended up being far nicer than was expected with a good mix of sun and cloud and light NE winds. The winds did eventually swing round to the E and finally ESE which basically brought the flight to a standstill. Raptor Observations: A pretty good flight today with a total of 1212 birds. Even though a large portion of this flight was TVs (771) there were decent numbers of Redtails (288) and Red-shouldered (73). The highlight today for visitors was the 3 Golden Eagles the first of which flew directly over everyone providing awesome views! There were other species as well including Merlin (2) and a single Peregrine, Cooper's (12), N. Harriers (5) and Bald Eagles (6) Non-raptor Observations: Lots of non-raptors were on the move today as well taking advantage of the favourable winds and weather..... including Pileated Woodpecker, N. Flicker, Tons of Am. Robins on the move, a single Gray-cheeked Thrush that sat right out on the roadway for nearly a full minute giving nice views, lots of E. Bluebirds flying over, Cedar Waxwings, Am. Pipits, Am. Goldfinch, GC and RC Kinglets, Black-capped Chickadee, WT Sparrows, DC Cormorants, Canada Geese, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, lots of Blue Jays, hundreds of Am. Crows and RW Blackbirds, a few Common Grackles, several Common Loons all headed directly out to the lake, a couple of Great Blue Herons, Killdeer and a single Yellow-rumped Warbler. Should also mention for those who've asked in the past.... we had 3 MONARCHS go by the hawk watch today! Predictions: Sunday is promising to be a pretty nasty day weather wise so I wouldn't expect many birds to be in the air. The next potentially favourable day appears to be Wed next week with forecast NW and NE winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.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