Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 42 45 Bald Eagle 0 89 91 Northern Harrier 0 169 174 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 396 397 Cooper's Hawk 0 17 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 21585 21585 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 481 508 Merlin 0 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 1 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 2 22814 22852 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 12:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: None. Weather: The temp held steady at 13C. The wind was robust (about 35 km/h) and S to begin, strengthening to 40 km/h SSW with occasional gusts to 60 km/h. Cloud coverage was layered but 100% throughout, with scattered light showers. Raptor Observations: Was it a Peregrine day? Yes. Was it a Peregrines day? No. One adult male blasted by at exactly 2pm. One American Kestrel hovered nearby for awhile beforehand. And that was that. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors were: Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, and Double-crested Cormorant. Songbirds were either hunkered down or elsewhere. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.ca) 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