Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 532 540 Osprey 1 4 57 Bald Eagle 7 61 113 Northern Harrier 7 38 369 Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 59 2055 Cooper's Hawk 2 12 57 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 5 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 1297 Red-tailed Hawk 1 12 68 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 11 57 1221 Merlin 0 5 53 Peregrine Falcon 2 4 23 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: 63 790 5860 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Ken Wootton Visitors: Some visitors again today and thanks to Ken W and Claude L for getting a count done today. Weather: Lots of sunshine till around 11 am then cloud building in and totally overcast in the last hour of the count. Temps started cooler at 9C and got to a high of 20C. Winds were light from the NE then backed to the E and finally ended at SSW. Raptor Observations: A small flight today with just 63 raptors but visitors got to see a couple of nice Peregrines cruise through and a single Osprey. Non-raptor Observations: Ken reported 50+ Monarchs for the day. No passerine report was provided today. Predictions: Saturday should have lots of sunshine and light NE winds for most of the morning and into the afternoon before backing to SE. However, the thermal updraft forecast is showing low buoyancy across southern Ontario for tomorrow so I'm not sure how much of a movement of raptors will occur. Looking ahead, the forecast for Sunday is now strong SW winds for most of the day and in fact winds are supposed to increase in strength midday. Given we've seen only a small number of Peregrines come through to this point this wind may bring them along the cliff edge if any are in the area. ======================================================================== 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