Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 221 221 221 Osprey 1 55 55 Bald Eagle 0 124 124 Northern Harrier 12 344 344 Sharp-shinned Hawk 188 3222 3222 Cooper's Hawk 12 40 40 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 2 32288 32288 Red-tailed Hawk 9 47 47 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 151 1202 1202 Merlin 2 47 47 Peregrine Falcon 3 17 17 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: 601 37608 37608 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Derek Lyon, Harold Vanderley, Ken Wootton, Tom Stewart Visitors: Thanks to the crew that made it to the site today to do the count... Tom B, Tom S, Derek, Ken and Harold. Weather: Winds were light from the NE to start but unfortunately (as forecast) they backed around to the SE by late morning. Temps remain way to warm starting at 10C and getting to a high of 23C. Not much cloud today which made spotting the birds quite difficult. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight today despite the less than ideal winds and tough sky. Total raptors for the day was 601 with mostly Sharpies (188) and An Kestrels (151) along the first TVs (221) they started counting today. A lone Osprey came through along with some N. Harriers (12), a few Peregrines (3) and Merlins (2) and some lagging Broadwings (2). Cooper's Hawks (12) and Redtails (9) are starting to move as well. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Looks like a similar forecast tomorrow (Sunday) with very light N winds backing to the S or SW. This may bring some birds along the cliff but it's hard to say with the weather like this. ======================================================================== 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