Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 439 439 13190 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 4 4 251 Northern Harrier 6 6 596 Sharp-shinned Hawk 26 26 5437 Cooper's Hawk 6 6 205 American Goshawk 1 1 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 9 9 191 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 32328 Red-tailed Hawk 150 150 1206 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 14 Golden Eagle 13 13 37 American Kestrel 1 1 1983 Merlin 2 2 86 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 54 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: 657 657 55644 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Ken Wootton Visitors: A few today. Weather: A bit of everything today: sun, overcast, flurries. The wind remained rather steady NW throughout the observation period. Temp rose from -1C to 4C. Raptor Observations: Not huge overall numbers today, but we probably missed many, as the flight line was scattered from lake side to well north of Dexter Line and kept shifting. Still, we welcomed 13 Golden Eagles; most were subadults and many were low over the trees. A bulky American Goshawk, near the size of the Red-tailed it took a swipe at, darted low and quick over the trees to our south; a Short-eared Owl heading north was a late afternoon surprise. Full eBird list is here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S153557405 Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Winds are predicted to be stiff SW, so a much smaller flight is expected. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chris Burris (ravenrunninghome@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