Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 2 2 Turkey Vulture 42 671 671 Osprey 2 45 45 Bald Eagle 2 143 143 Northern Harrier 4 394 394 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2567 2567 Cooper's Hawk 2 91 91 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 18488 18488 Red-tailed Hawk 0 179 179 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 1669 1669 Merlin 1 53 53 Peregrine Falcon 6 26 26 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 1 1 Total: 67 24332 24332 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Chris Burris, Ken Wootton, Matt Oswald, Ronnie Goodhand, Steve Birch, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: A few visitors today. Thanks to Chris, Mac, Matt, Ken, Su and Ronnie for helping with today�s count as small as it was. Weather: A totally overcast day with not much sunshine. Winds were moderate from the SW as forecast and temps were actually quite warm starting at 17C and getting to a high of 21C. Raptor Observations: With the moderate SW winds we were expecting birds along the cliff and especially some Peregrines. We got just 67 birds total and a lot of those were Turkey Vultures . It took several hours before we got the first Peregrine and then got 5 more in the mid-afternoon and all of them but one of them right along the cliff. One of the young birds seemed to enjoy chasing a Turkey Vulture along the updraft. A couple of these birds were adults. Otherwise, not much else was flying though we did get a couple of Osprey and some Cooper�s Hawks, N Harriers and Am Kestrels. Non-raptor Observations: One of the more interesting sightings was 3 Chimney Swifts right past us just above tree top height. The full eBird checklist for the day can be found at the following link: https://ebird.org/checklist/S397844468 Predictions: The forecast for tomorrow is for moderate SW winds almost identical to today. The key will be if the rain gets through and out eastward quickly enough first thing and then MAYBE there�ll be some more birds along the cliff ======================================================================== 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