Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 51 490 13241 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 4 8 255 Northern Harrier 9 15 605 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 32 5443 Cooper's Hawk 3 9 208 American Goshawk 1 2 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 9 191 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 32328 Red-tailed Hawk 27 177 1233 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 14 Golden Eagle 7 20 44 American Kestrel 0 1 1983 Merlin 3 5 89 Peregrine Falcon 2 2 56 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: 113 770 55757 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ernie Gribble Visitors: Thanks to Tom B and Ernie G for today's report. Weather: Not the most ideal winds today as they were mostly SW for the entire day which tends to keep the flights smaller and limited to birds already down along Lake Erie that come through along the lake shore. Almost complete cloud cover for the day with just a few peaks of sunshine after noon. Temps cool from 2C to a high of 6C. Raptor Observations: Although today's flight was small it made up for it with some quality birds.... including another 7 Golden Eagles, a nice American Goshawk and a couple more Peregrines! Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: The forecast is for even stronger and gustier SW winds for the day Friday so the flight will again be of birds most likely to cruise along the cliff itself or perhaps just slightly inland from the edge. ======================================================================== 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