Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 2 2 9 Turkey Vulture 27 587 20869 Osprey 0 0 47 Bald Eagle 7 43 311 Northern Harrier 3 32 700 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 54 4087 Cooper's Hawk 14 44 270 American Goshawk 1 4 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 54 185 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18496 Red-tailed Hawk 116 820 2170 Rough-legged Hawk 1 3 11 Golden Eagle 9 27 59 American Kestrel 0 1 2074 Merlin 1 8 103 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 138 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: 202 1680 49535 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Michele Carnerie, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: I'm glad to see that there were several visitors to the site today and that they at least got to see some quality birds if not higher numbers. :) A big thanks to Tom B, Su, Michele, Wayne and Steve P for helping with today's count. Weather: Winds were light from the NNW and increased to moderate towards the later afternoon. Temps were from 1C to a high of 7C. A bit of light rain developed around 1:30 pm but the counters hung in toll 3:00. Skies were mostly cloudy for the day. Raptor Observations: Not a large flight today but not bad given the mostly overcast skies. The total birds for the day was 202 with decent numbers of Redtails (116), Red-shoulders (7) and several more Golden Eagles (9). Other highlights included another American Goshawk, a lone Peregrine along the cliff edge, a Rough-legged Hawk and 2 Black Vultures that crossed together just to the north of the observers (I believe photos were taken). Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Sunday may well be almost identical to today's weather with light to moderate NW and N winds to help push the birds down to the hawk watch area. It looks like it'll be a mostly cloudy day again which actually helps keep the birds a bit lower and easier to spot. If you decide to come out make sure to bundle up in layers as the high is only expected to get to 7C (feeling like 3C with the windchill). ======================================================================== 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