Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 5 6 Bald Eagle 3 6 6 Northern Harrier 4 30 30 Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 115 115 Cooper's Hawk 3 4 4 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 10 594 624 Red-tailed Hawk 2 14 14 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 76 201 202 Merlin 4 10 10 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2 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: 142 981 1014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Chris Burris, Dave Brown Visitors: A few visitors today. Thanks to Tom B and Chris B for doing today's count. Weather: Today had some real potential for a bigger flight with strong NW winds and a broken cloud deck BUT unfortunately there was just too much moisture in the air. Bands of rain blowing down from Lake Huron (much like snow squalls when its colder) hit us during the morning and definitely affected the raptor migration. Temps were much cooler behind the passing cold front starting at 11C and getting to a high of 14C. Raptor Observations: Despite the less than ideal conditions some raptors did pass by the hawk watch with a total of 142 birds. Most of these were Am Kestrels (76) and Sharpies (38) which is typical for the start of the raptor migration at this site. Only a couple of Osprey were tallied and just 10 Broadwings. Non-raptor Observations: Though the raptors were content to wait out the weather the passerines were still moving through and Chris B compiled an eBird checklist of 45 species for the day. You can check out his list at the following link: https://ebird.org/checklist/S194321719 I only noted 5 Monarchs today passing along the lake shore. ======================================================================== 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