Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 4 6 Turkey Vulture 566 18870 19541 Osprey 0 2 47 Bald Eagle 4 108 251 Northern Harrier 5 242 636 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 1438 4005 Cooper's Hawk 8 118 209 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 9 98 100 Broad-winged Hawk 0 8 18496 Red-tailed Hawk 62 831 1010 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 4 14 14 American Kestrel 0 402 2071 Merlin 0 40 93 Peregrine Falcon 0 111 137 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: 671 22290 46622 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Derek Lyon, Harold V., Ken Wootton, Richard Skevington Visitors: A few visitors today including a group from the Woodstock FN with Richard S. Thanks to Tom B, Derek, Ken and Harold for getting a count done today. Weather: Different day.... same weather...pure blue skies with no clouds, temps cool to start and warming up nicely to around 17C and continued high pressure dominating the region. Winds were light from the ENE then eventually backed to E, ESE and ended at straight S. Raptor Observations: A pretty typical flight for October with less than ideal winds with a total of 671 birds tallied. Most were TVs (566) and Retails (62) with a smattering of other species. The highlight was 4 more Golden Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Well, the forecast is not the best for this time of the fall migration with light S and SW winds for Sunday... which will tend to push the birds inland away from the hawk watch area. It's difficult to know what, if any birds will be flying along the lakeshore area. ======================================================================== 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