Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 21 16409 16860 Osprey 0 7 67 Bald Eagle 5 148 188 Northern Harrier 2 206 595 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1208 2962 Cooper's Hawk 1 148 191 American Goshawk 0 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 146 149 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9 7118 Red-tailed Hawk 10 936 965 Rough-legged Hawk 0 9 10 Golden Eagle 0 67 67 American Kestrel 0 246 1213 Merlin 0 30 98 Peregrine Falcon 1 29 46 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: 41 19603 30535 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Mac McAlpine Observers: Visitors: None. Weather: Winds were moderate from the NE to start the morning before swinging to ENE and E. Temps were quite cool starting at 3C and getting to a high of 10C. Lots of clouds around for the morning. Raptor Observations: A very small number of birds were tallied today with just 41. Half were TVs (21) with a lone Peregrine to start the day, a few Redtails (10), Bald Eagles (5), a couple of Northern Harriers and singles of Sharpie and Cooper's Hawk. No birds were counted in the 2nd hour. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. ======================================================================== 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