Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 3 5 Turkey Vulture 2183 17389 18060 Osprey 0 2 47 Bald Eagle 3 87 230 Northern Harrier 17 219 613 Sharp-shinned Hawk 108 1344 3911 Cooper's Hawk 5 100 191 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 67 69 Broad-winged Hawk 0 8 18496 Red-tailed Hawk 44 688 867 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 2 5 5 American Kestrel 7 398 2067 Merlin 1 36 89 Peregrine Falcon 2 110 136 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: 2372 20460 44792 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ken Wootton, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: A few visitors again today with Bruce and Sarah from Sudbury and a group from the University of Guelph. Thanks to everyone whole helped with spotting the birds today and to counters Tom B, Ken and Su. Weather: Another day of nearly pure blue skies with a bit of cloud initially in the morning that burned off. Winds were light increasing to moderate from the SW for the day. Temps ranged from 4C to 17C. Raptor Observations: The SW winds meant fewer birds got pushed down to the lakeshore but the counters still managed to get a total of 2,372 tallied today. Most of today's flight was again TVs (2,183) along with some highlights with 2 more Peregrines along the cliff and 2 more Golden Eagles a bit more inland. Some nice N Harriers (17) again today with many zipping past along the cliff. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Monday looks to be virtually the same forecast as today with W winds initially backing slightly to SW and lots of sunshine. The flight may be very similar to today's. ======================================================================== 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