Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 49 49 Bald Eagle 14 92 92 Northern Harrier 51 286 286 Sharp-shinned Hawk 255 2808 2808 Cooper's Hawk 0 21 21 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 6033 32270 32270 Red-tailed Hawk 0 27 27 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 152 918 918 Merlin 2 38 38 Peregrine Falcon 1 12 12 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: 6509 36522 36522 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Jeff Skevington, Richard Skevington Visitors: A few visitors today including Richard, Jeff and Alexander S... thanks to them and to Tom B and any others that were there for helping to get today's count done. Weather: A nice fall day for hawk watching today with a good mix of sun and cloud. Winds were steady and moderate from the NW for the morning but backed to straight W around 1:00 pm and the flight literally shut down. Temps were comfortable from 8C to a high of 18C. Raptor Observations: A pretty good flight today especially since it shut down just after lunch. Total raptors today was 6,509 with a really big push of Broadwings with 4,665 crossing in the 10:00-11:00 am hour and a total of 6,033 Broadwings for the day. A decent flight for several other species as well especially Northern Harriers (51) and another lone Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: For non-raptors reported check out the eBird reports for today by choosing "Explore" and then "Hot Spots" and put in "Hawk Cliff". Predictions: The forecast is calling for NE winds to start but unfortunately backing to SE which isn't the best for big flights at the cliff. ======================================================================== 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