Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 501 1033 1041 Osprey 1 5 58 Bald Eagle 11 72 124 Northern Harrier 21 59 390 Sharp-shinned Hawk 207 266 2262 Cooper's Hawk 7 19 64 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 9 13 Broad-winged Hawk 3 7 1300 Red-tailed Hawk 26 38 94 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 13 70 1234 Merlin 3 8 56 Peregrine Falcon 1 5 24 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: 802 1592 6662 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Dave Verkley, Ken Wootton Visitors: Lots of visitors today so glad the flight was decent and folks actually got to see some birds! A big thanks to Tom B, Ken W and Dave V for providing the counts for the day. Weather: Lots of sunshine again today with some cloud building in midday. Temps ranged from 7C to a high of 18C so its finally starting to feel more like fall. Winds were light from the NE for most of the morning before backing around to SE and shutting down the flight. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight today given the winds switched to SE by midday... with a total of 802 raptors tallied. A large part of the flight today was TVs (501) and then Sharpies (207). Just a single Osprey today and another lone Peregrine along with small numbers of Redtails (26) and Red-shoulders (8). A decent number of N. Harriers (21) is great to see. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. No Monarch count was provided. Predictions: Well Sunday looks a bit wild for weather as a strong cold front pushes across the region. Very strong SW winds (gust to 60kph) are forecast for most of the day tomorrow along the north shore of Lake Erie. Normally I would say this SHOULD be a good day for Peregrines to fly along the Cliff. However, given the possibility of stronger thunderstorms this flight may not develop. ======================================================================== 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