Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 16 28 28 Bald Eagle 7 10 10 Northern Harrier 16 25 25 Sharp-shinned Hawk 643 890 890 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 2 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 153 166 166 Red-tailed Hawk 4 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 77 120 120 Merlin 1 4 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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: 919 1253 1253 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw Visitors: A few visitors today. Thanks to Tom B for getting today's count done with help from Kitty and Jim B, Ken and Laure. Weather: Another day with solid cloud cover and light winds from the NE. Temps still pretty warm starting at 16C and getting to 20C but feeling a bit warmer with the humidity. Raptor Observations: A pretty good flight today on the NE winds with a total of 919 birds tallied. The bulk of today's flight was Sharpies (643), then Broadwings (153) and Am Kestrels (77). Decent numbers of Osprey (16) and N. Harriers (16) with smaller numbers of other species including Bald Eagle, Redtails, Cooper's Hawk and a single Merlin. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: Monday is likely to be a bit of a wash with light variable winds and possibly rain and Tuesday is a complete wash out with lots of rain forecast. Keep an eye on Wednesday and Thursday as winds are forecast to get back around to the N with a mix of sun and cloud. ======================================================================== 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