Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 6 7 Bald Eagle 3 9 9 Northern Harrier 10 40 40 Sharp-shinned Hawk 162 277 277 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 4 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 18 612 642 Red-tailed Hawk 2 16 16 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 93 294 295 Merlin 5 15 15 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2 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: 294 1275 1308 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: None reported. Weather: Mostly blue skies today with just a few clouds around. Winds were moderate from the WNW to W for the day and temps got to a high of 17C. Raptor Observations: A better flight today despite the winds being a bit too much to the west (a headwind for the birds) with a total of 294 raptors tallied. The bulk of today's flight was Sharpies (162) and Am. Kestrels (93) along with a small push of Broadwings (18) and N. Harriers (10). Smaller numbers of other species also moved through. Non-raptor Observations: Tom B reported what appeared to be 3 Plegadis Ibis flying past the hawk watch. Otherwise, no other non-raptors were reported. ======================================================================== 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