Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 7 Turkey Vulture 37 560 20842 Osprey 0 0 47 Bald Eagle 21 36 304 Northern Harrier 4 29 697 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 41 4074 Cooper's Hawk 8 30 256 American Goshawk 1 3 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 28 47 178 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18496 Red-tailed Hawk 405 704 2054 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 10 Golden Eagle 9 18 50 American Kestrel 0 1 2074 Merlin 1 7 102 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 137 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: 518 1478 49333 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Chris Burris, Mac McAlpine, Mark Cunningham, Michele Carnerie, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: Thanks to everyone who helped with today's count... Chris, Mac, Mark, Su and Michele. Weather: Initially we had some clearing with lots of blue skies but eventually the cloud deck moved in for good with a reported ceiling of 800m to 1400m. Winds were pretty much steady from the N with a bit of NNW later in the day. Temps were quite chilly first thing at 2C (feeling much colder in the wind) an then getting to a high of just 5C. Pressure remained fairly steady. Raptor Observations: A really good flight today with lots of birds although they were a bit all over the sky. Despite the overcast they still managed to form kettles likely based on wind deflection up from bush lot edges. Total birds tallied today was 518 with the bulk being Redtails (405). The definite highlights for the day were the Golden Eagles (9), several low flying Red-shoulders (28) and the lone American Goshawk that passed right overhead at Sharpie Alley. We also had a good number of young Bald Eagles masquerading as GOEA in the poor lighting! Non-raptor Observations: The most notable non-raptors today were several flocks of Sandhill Cranes (47) and a good number of Purple Finches. Predictions: If (and its a big IF) the push of weather off Lake Huron on the predicted NW winds holds back a few kms north of Hawk Cliff then the flight could be much like today. However, if that weather comes right down to Lake Erie then the flight will basically shut down. ======================================================================== 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