Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6 838 13589 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 5 56 303 Northern Harrier 4 50 640 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 161 5572 Cooper's Hawk 7 36 235 American Goshawk 0 4 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 17 425 607 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 32328 Red-tailed Hawk 121 1710 2766 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 18 Golden Eagle 5 84 108 American Kestrel 0 3 1985 Merlin 1 10 94 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 56 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: 178 3383 58370 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ernie Gribble Visitors: Thanks to Tom B for doing today's count. Weather: Nice weather to start the day with light NE winds and lots of blue sky. Unfortunately, the winds swung around to SE just after noon and the flight disappeared. Temps ranged from -1C to 7C. Raptor Observations: A small flight today with 178 birds with highlights being another 5 Golden Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: Only report was of 3 Sandhill Cranes flying past mid-morning. ======================================================================== 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