Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 4 53 53 Bald Eagle 4 104 104 Northern Harrier 12 318 318 Sharp-shinned Hawk 87 3025 3025 Cooper's Hawk 4 28 28 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 7 32286 32286 Red-tailed Hawk 8 38 38 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 58 1036 1036 Merlin 1 41 41 Peregrine Falcon 1 13 13 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: 186 36943 36943 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Su Ross-Redmond, Tom Bolohan, Tom Stewart Visitors: Lots of visitors again today for Day 2 of the open house weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped today with spotting and recording the birds. Weather: Strong NE winds right from the get go today and cool at 13C and then climbing to a high of 22C. Virtually no clouds in the morning with some higher cloud forming by noon and then to 100% cloud coverage by the last hour. High pressure remained steady all day. Raptor Observations: Given the great weather with near perfect winds and sky it was a disappointing flight again today with only 186 birds mostly made up of Sharpies (87) and Am Kestrels (58) once again. A single Peregrine went whipping past right above the cliff edge just after the sun was up. Small numbers of Broadwings (7) and Redtails (8), N. Harriers (12) and finally 4 each of Cooper's Hawk, Osprey and Bald Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: A few non-raptors were noted today with N. Flickers, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Am Robin, Common Raven, Am Crows, Am Goldfinch, Carolina Wren and Cedar Waxwings. On the Monarch front I had one in the air just as the sun was coming up and it quickly flew westward on the strong ENE winds. Very few were noted today with less than 20 for the entire count period. Predictions: The forecast for Monday is rain by midday so the only chance for any kind of flight will be earlier in the morning and I'm not expected much movement even then. Tuesday is also looking like rain for the day so we're likely not doing a count that day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (ez.raptor1210@gmail.com) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392