Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 353 353 574 Osprey 1 1 56 Bald Eagle 15 15 139 Northern Harrier 13 13 357 Sharp-shinned Hawk 74 74 3296 Cooper's Hawk 5 5 45 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 3 3 32291 Red-tailed Hawk 13 13 60 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 92 92 1294 Merlin 0 0 47 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 18 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: 570 570 38178 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: Quite a few visitors today with many being there for the first time. At least they got some birds to look at! A big thanks to Tom B, Ken and Zhen and Phil for helping with todays count. Weather: Winds were very light from the NE to start the day before dying out completely in hour three and then more light winds from the NE before backing all the way around to WSW and finally SW. Temps remain very warm from 12C to a high of 24C. Little cloud cover to start the day and then clouds built in around noon through to the end of the count period. Raptor Observations: A very similar flight to yesterday with a total of 570 birds tallied. The bulk were TVs with decent numbers of Sharpies and Am Kestrels and a smattering of other species including another Peregrine. There were 10 different species counted today. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: Almost an instant replay for the weather on Monday and even warmer so likely a similar flight to today (at best). ======================================================================== 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