Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 4 6 Turkey Vulture 566 18304 18975 Osprey 0 2 47 Bald Eagle 17 104 247 Northern Harrier 16 237 631 Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 1425 3992 Cooper's Hawk 5 110 201 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 18 89 91 Broad-winged Hawk 0 8 18496 Red-tailed Hawk 65 769 948 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 5 10 10 American Kestrel 3 402 2071 Merlin 3 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: 756 21619 45951 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Harold V. Observers: Brett Fried, Dave Brown, Ken Wootton, Kitty Bradshaw, Mac McAlpine, Matt Oswald, Michele Carnerie, Ronnie Goodhand, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: Quite a few visitors today and thanks to the crew that helped spot and count the birds today... Harold, Ken, Matt, Mac, Dave B, Su, Brett, Laure, Michele, Trish and Ronnie. Weather: It's like the weather is on repeat with virtually the same bright blue skies, no clouds and temps starting quite cool at 2C and then getting to a high of 19C. Winds were light from the N and eventually backed to the NW. However, at the lakeshore it felt like we were getting an onshore lake breeze that may have been pushing the birds further inland. Raptor Observations: Today was not the day we thought it would be with a real challenge in trying to spot the birds! Most of the birds were crossing overhead so high up that we were having to use scopes to verify what they were. We knew we were going to be struggling when it became difficult to find the eagles in the pure blue skies. The final tally today was 756 birds with the bulk being TVs (566) along with Redtails (65), sharpies (58) and Red-shoulders (18). We did have some Golden Eagles (5) along with a good number of Bald Eagles (17) and N Harriers (16). The only falcons were Am Kestrels (3) and Merlins (3). Non-raptor Observations: Lots of non-raptors today with lots of YRWAs and both Kinglets, flocks of PUFI, PISI, RUBL, COGR, RWBL and EABL. For a complete list look at the following eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404626255 Predictions: Friday looks to be an instant replay of today weather wise but with winds forecast to be light from the E for the day. Updraft and buoyancy rates are forecast to be pretty high so birds will be able to get to higher flight altitudes. this means that if there's ZERO clouds again tomorrow it will be challenging to consistently spot and count migrants. ======================================================================== 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