Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 1 4 6 Turkey Vulture 155 17738 18409 Osprey 0 2 47 Bald Eagle 0 87 230 Northern Harrier 0 221 615 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 1367 3934 Cooper's Hawk 4 105 196 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 71 73 Broad-winged Hawk 0 8 18496 Red-tailed Hawk 16 704 883 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 0 399 2068 Merlin 1 37 90 Peregrine Falcon 1 111 137 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: 198 20863 45195 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Ken Wootton Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Ken for doing today's count. Weather: Another beautiful autumn day with lots of sunshine and temps ranging from a cool 9C to a high of 16C. Winds were light from the ENE backing to SE. Raptor Observations: Not a big flight today but some good birds including yet another Black Vulture, a single Peregrine and several Redtails and Red-shoulders. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Thursday is looking quite good for hawk migration with fairly strong updrafts forecast and buoyancy with less wind shear and a decent chance of cumulus clouds forming. Skies should continue bright and sunny with winds out of the N and backing to NNW and NW by early afternoon (and note the winds are supposed to be northerly across the entire southern Ontario region tomorrow). ======================================================================== 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