Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 704 2095 2103 Osprey 1 7 60 Bald Eagle 7 100 152 Northern Harrier 15 79 410 Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 302 2298 Cooper's Hawk 4 28 73 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 9 13 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 1300 Red-tailed Hawk 7 45 101 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 28 99 1263 Merlin 0 10 58 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: 800 2816 7886 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Michelle Carnerie, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: A few visitors today and thanks to everyone for helping out spotting the birds. Weather: The day started in bright sunshine but closed in completely in the 2nd hour and didn’t clear up to a nice mix of sun and cloud till about 11:00 EDT… and I think this affected the flight. Winds were great all day moderate from the NW. Temps ranged from 11C to start and getting to a high of 17C so at least it was cooler for the day. Raptor Observations: A disappointing flight today given the good conditions. We tallied exactly 800 birds today but most were TVs (704)… other birds seen included a single Osprey, N. Harrier (15) with a nice adult male that was the 1st bird of the day, Sharpies (34), Coopers Hawks (4), Redtails (7), Am Kestrels (28) and a few Bald Eagles (7). Non-raptor Observations: Lots of passerines activity first thing with the sun rise right around the viewing platform including a nice Northern Parula, Tennessee Warbler and tons of Yellow-rumped warblers. For a full list see the following eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197956416 There were 15 Monarchs spotted today. Predictions: Tuesday’s forecast promises more moderate NW winds but hopefully a brighter broken sky earlier in the morning. In theory we should a decent flight tomorrow but as today proved there’s no guarantee. ======================================================================== 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