Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 1 2 2 Turkey Vulture 20 40 40 Osprey 1 35 35 Bald Eagle 9 106 106 Northern Harrier 29 262 262 Sharp-shinned Hawk 101 1972 1972 Cooper's Hawk 6 55 55 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 8 18445 18445 Red-tailed Hawk 19 118 118 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 63 963 963 Merlin 0 36 36 Peregrine Falcon 2 13 13 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 1 1 Total: 259 22048 22048 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Harold V. Observers: Dave Brown, Michele Carnerie, Ronnie Goodhand, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: Lots of visitors today including someone from England and three students from Germany. A big thanks to Harold as counter today� and spotters Su, Ronnie, Paul, Michele and Ken. Weather: Light NE winds for the day. Mostly blue skies with a small amount of cloud cover till later in the afternoon when high cloud moved in providing a backdrop to see the high flying birds. Temp ranged from a cool 7C to a high of 20C. Pressure in the region remained high. Raptor Observations: It took quite while for the flight get going but finally we started getting birds coming through. The total for today was 259 with mostly Sharpies (101) and Am Kestrels (63). Non-raptor Observations: A ton of passerines around the viewing platform and along Hawk Cliff Rd. See the following eBird checklist for a complete rundown of species: https://ebird.org/checklist/S396245469 Predictions: It looks like Saturday will have a more northerly component to the winds with some varying to NE for the day so very similar to today. Hoping we get a bit better flight Saturday� fingers crossed. ======================================================================== 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