Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (12 Sep 2026) 76 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2026
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 4 19 19
Bald Eagle 1 15 15
Northern Harrier 4 29 29
Sharp-shinned Hawk 33 222 222
Cooper's Hawk 0 6 6
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 288 288
Red-tailed Hawk 0 5 5
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 31 114 114
Merlin 3 8 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
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
Total: 76 706 706
Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Tom Bolohan
Observers: Su Ross-Redmond
Visitors:
A few visitors today including John and Laura Williams from South Carolina.
Thanks to Tom and Su for putting in the hours for today's count.
Weather:
Unfortunately, winds started right away from the SE which is really the
worst direction for any kind of flights at Hawk Cliff (it pushes the birds
inland away from the hawk watch area). Clouds built in throughout the
morning till we had 100% cover my the end of the count period at noon.
Temps are still too warm at 14C to start and getting to a high of 24C by
noon.
Raptor Observations:
A small flight today of 76 raptors with birds flying along the cliff as the
winds were from the SE and S. Mostly Sharpies (33) and Am. Kestrels (31)
along with some nice Ospreys (4) and N. Harriers (4).
Non-raptor Observations:
No reported non-raptors today.
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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