Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 8 8 Osprey 4 45 46 Bald Eagle 3 44 44 Northern Harrier 32 253 253 Sharp-shinned Hawk 43 1853 1853 Cooper's Hawk 5 39 39 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 7 1252 1282 Red-tailed Hawk 0 50 50 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 15 1122 1123 Merlin 3 43 43 Peregrine Falcon 1 15 16 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: 113 4727 4760 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Harold V., Ken Wootton Visitors: There were several visitors today. A big thanks to Ken and Harold for doing today's count. Weather: Winds were ENE today very steady at 21kph with gusts to 40kph. Cloud cover was ranging to 70% to 85% for the count period and temperature ranged from 19C to 21C. Raptor Observations: A small flight today which was expected with 113 raptors total. Most were Sharpies (43) with another good flight of N. Harriers (32) and a lone Peregrine as well. Non-raptor Observations: A Common Raven was noted for the day but no other report was provided for non-raptors. ======================================================================== 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