Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 52 210 2459 Osprey 3 5 56 Bald Eagle 10 34 213 Northern Harrier 2 53 419 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 96 1322 Cooper's Hawk 5 8 41 Northern Goshawk 6 7 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 23649 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 70 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 12 22 744 Merlin 1 8 46 Peregrine Falcon 4 10 62 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 0 0 1 Total: 113 456 29091 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw Visitors: Thanks to Kitty and Jim B for doing today's count. Weather: A mostly cloudy day with some sun poking through now and then. Winds were moderate from the E. Temps got to a high of 19C but felt warmer with the humidex. The humidity stayed fairly high during the count period barely dropping below 80% at all. Raptor Observations: A small flight today with just 113 birds tallied but with some interesting species including more Peregrines (4) and a few N. Goshawks (6) as well. It's nice to see some species variety which is typical of October flights. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: There is several days stretch going forward with winds to be forecast from a a southerly direction which wi;; not be helpful in bringing birds down to the Lake Erie shoreline. I suspect whatever flight occurs over this period of time will be inland if the birds move at all. ======================================================================== 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