Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 7 Turkey Vulture 2 523 20805 Osprey 0 0 47 Bald Eagle 3 15 283 Northern Harrier 7 25 693 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 37 4070 Cooper's Hawk 2 22 248 American Goshawk 0 2 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 19 150 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18496 Red-tailed Hawk 3 299 1649 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 10 Golden Eagle 2 9 41 American Kestrel 0 1 2074 Merlin 2 6 101 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 137 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 25 960 48815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Mac McAlpine, Matt Oswald Visitors: A few visitors today hoping for a better flight but it was not to be. Thanks to everyone who helped spotting the birds. Weather: It looked promising when we first arrived with blue skies overhead and some cloud out in the distance but as happens sometimes on NW winds a large push of rain came down off Lake Huron and shut down the flight by noon. Winds remained steady from the NW for the count period as were the temps from 7C to 8C. Raptor Observations: A very small flight today with just 25 birds total spread across the 4 hours. We did have a couple of VERY high flying Golden Eagles that crossed to our north. Non-raptor Observations: A few interesting sightings today included a White-eyed Vireo (youngster) and an adult Black-throated Blue warbler (super late!) and a very cooperative Winter Wren hopping around next to the small boardwalk on the trail. ======================================================================== 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