Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 1016 3810 3818 Osprey 1 8 61 Bald Eagle 6 110 162 Northern Harrier 7 99 430 Sharp-shinned Hawk 120 563 2559 Cooper's Hawk 8 52 97 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 12 16 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 1300 Red-tailed Hawk 3 55 111 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 2 American Kestrel 46 173 1337 Merlin 7 19 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 34 53 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: 1215 4944 10014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris, Su Ross-Redmond Observers: Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A few throughout the day. Weather: The day began clear and turned partly cloudy, then overcast. Temps from 5c to 14C. Winds were stiff WNW and, despite predictions, seemed to be mostly W by end of observation period. Raptor Observations: An okay start, but still disappointing for Day 3 of "NorthWestish" winds in mid-October. A late afternoon juvenile Golden Eagle was one of the few highlights along with a single Osprey. Non-raptor Observations: eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S198153482 Predictions: The forecast is for moderate N, switching to NW and sun -- it's worth a shot. ======================================================================== 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