Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 1 Turkey Vulture 36 477 22814 Osprey 0 3 68 Bald Eagle 10 42 449 Northern Harrier 2 12 673 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 29 3366 Cooper's Hawk 1 7 219 Northern Goshawk 0 0 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 15 822 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23657 Red-tailed Hawk 35 323 3148 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 7 Golden Eagle 0 19 78 American Kestrel 1 3 1205 Merlin 2 4 94 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 127 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 14 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 89 939 56759 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for doing a count today. Weather: Temps ranged from 0C to 5C. The wind was a moderate WNW (around 20km/h) above ground. Near total cloud cover early gave way to a fair bit of sun mid-day but the clouds thickened again near the end of the count period. Raptor Observations: A modest count with fair variety. Turkey Vultures and Red-tailed Hawks jointly led the tally, but there was also a double-digit showing of Bald Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Common Loon, Herring Gull, Tundra Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, American Crow, Blue Jay, European Starling, White-throated Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Brown-headed Cowbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, American Robin, American Pipit, Horned Lark, Hermit Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Wren, Purple Finch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Goldfinch, Pine Siskin, Northern Cardinal Eastern Towhee and – possibly a new species for the Cliff? – a first-cycle Glaucous Gull (photographed) inland, just north of Sharpie Alley. ======================================================================== 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