Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1667 2249 2249 Osprey 2 48 51 Bald Eagle 48 177 179 Northern Harrier 94 361 366 Sharp-shinned Hawk 385 1225 1226 Cooper's Hawk 13 33 33 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 132 23647 23647 Red-tailed Hawk 59 69 69 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 61 695 722 Merlin 5 38 38 Peregrine Falcon 4 52 52 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 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 2473 28597 28635 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Bill Smith, Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw, Tom Thomas Visitors: Thanks to Tom B, Tom T, Bill S. Jim and Kitty B and Ken W for helping with today's count. :) Weather: A really nice hawk watching day weather wise with comfortble temps from 13C to a high of only 18C. Winds were light from the NE and then NW for the day. Clouds slowly built up through the day providing a good backdrop to spot the birds. Raptor Observations: A pretty good flight today given we're inbetween the big push of Broadwings and the next real push of other buteos like Redtails and Red-shoulders as we get into October as well as the adult accipiters. Total birds for the day was 2473 including the first couple of Red-shouldered Hawks for this fall. The highlight today was an immature Swainson's Hawk which passed right over Sharpie Alley just to the north of the observation knoll around mid-morning. This is the first SWHA for the Fall 2021 season at Hawk Cliff. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: Winds are forecast to be somewhat light and variable for Friday which may not produce much of a flight BUT watch for Saturday and decent SW winds which may bring a number of Peregrines through. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.ca) 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