Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 230 720 13471 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 8 16 263 Northern Harrier 11 26 616 Sharp-shinned Hawk 73 105 5516 Cooper's Hawk 6 15 214 American Goshawk 0 2 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 323 332 514 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 32328 Red-tailed Hawk 914 1091 2147 Rough-legged Hawk 2 2 16 Golden Eagle 17 37 61 American Kestrel 0 1 1983 Merlin 2 7 91 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 1586 2356 57343 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Chris Burris, Ken Wootton, Richard Skevington, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A few folks out today to help with the count... thanks to Tom B, Chris B, Ken W, Ronnie G and Richard S for helping get the count done today. Weather: A pretty decent day weather wise but unfortunately the winds switched from N to W and finally SW quite quickly by midday and pushed the flight inland away from the hawk watch. Temps were from 2C to 9C and the pressure was on the rise. Skies went from completely clear to almost completely clouded over and then back to mostly open again. Raptor Observations: Given the flight was cut a bit short midday the tally of 1,586 birds was impressive with a great flight of Redtails (914) and Red-shoulders (323). The highlights today were another good push of Golden Eagles (17) which is our highest 1-day count so far this season and a couple more Rough-legged Hawks. There were a smattering of the other species as well. Non-raptor Observations: Some good non-raptors on the move again today with a report of another Short-eared Owl (photographed) and Rusty Blackbirds (also photographed), For a complete list see Chris B's eBird checklist at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853667 AND on the MONARCH front ... they reported a single Monarch passing the hawk watch today which has to be one of the latest sightings we've had of one there. ======================================================================== 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