Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 1575 5385 5393 Osprey 1 9 62 Bald Eagle 25 135 187 Northern Harrier 18 117 448 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 579 2575 Cooper's Hawk 1 53 98 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 12 16 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 1300 Red-tailed Hawk 1 56 112 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 2 American Kestrel 7 180 1344 Merlin 2 21 69 Peregrine Falcon 4 38 57 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: 1650 6594 11664 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Matt Oswald Observers: Chris Burris, Dave Brown, Harold V., Mac McAlpine, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Some visitors today and thanks to them and several of our regular counters... Matt, Mac, Ronnie, Chris, Su and Harold for getting a count done today. Weather: Moderate WSW to SW winds were forecast and they did seem straight SW at times but during the late morning it seemed the wind went almost fully W and it slowed the flight. Temps were much cooler to start at 6C and climbing to a high of 20C. A bit of cloud around throughout the count period but it never built in. Raptor Observations: We had hoped for a better flight today especially of Peregrines but we only saw a few Peregrines (4) with the 1st coming by around 10 EST and the others by lunch time. Otherwise, the only other real highlights were a number of male N. Harriers (the "grey ghosts"), a couple of Merlins and a single Osprey. The total birds tallied for the day was 1650 but most of these were TVs (1575 based on a rough count today). Non-raptor Observations: We were still seeing a few passerines in and around the viewing platform area but most were hunkered down out of the winds. Birds included Chipping Sparrows which we hadn't seen around the viewing area this fall yet and at least one Belted Kingfisher doing a flyby. Just 3 Monarchs were observed today. ======================================================================== 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