Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 8 8 Osprey 2 52 53 Bald Eagle 0 52 52 Northern Harrier 29 331 331 Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 1996 1996 Cooper's Hawk 3 45 45 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 8 1263 1293 Red-tailed Hawk 0 56 56 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 11 1163 1164 Merlin 2 48 48 Peregrine Falcon 1 18 19 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: 88 5037 5070 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Ken Wootton Visitors: Thanks to Ken W and everyone else who helped with today's count! (sorry didn't get any names) Weather: Winds started NE but then backed around to E and eventually to SE by early afternoon at which point the flight shut down. Temps continued to be on the warm side starting at 18C and getting to a high of 21C. There was complete cloud cover till the winds switched to SE at which point the skies cleared out. Raptor Observations: Today's flight was more quality over quantity with just 88 raptors tallied for the count period. On the quality side... the counters had our first GOLDEN EAGLE which was observed flying past just to the north of the viewing platform where it was observed by everyone. This eagle was completely dark with no white at all on it so appeared adult like. The counters also got another Peregrine and the N. Harriers (29) continued their string of good flights. We've now counted 212 N. Harriers in the past 5 days! The flight also included a small number of Broadwings (8) as their flight has mostly pushed through by now. Non-raptor Observations: None were reported today. Predictions: The winds for Tuesday are forecast to be straight from the S which may bring some migrant raptors along the cliff edge as they use the updraft for a free ride. Weatherwise it's supposed to be a mix of sun and cloud. Unfortunately, S winds tend to push most of the flight inland away from the hawk watch. ======================================================================== 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