Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1490 2153 3185 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 13 14 143 Northern Harrier 39 71 458 Sharp-shinned Hawk 276 730 2874 Cooper's Hawk 20 49 120 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 18 23 Broad-winged Hawk 8 16 48945 Red-tailed Hawk 157 229 290 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 138 262 1334 Merlin 4 15 103 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 16 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 2154 3560 57554 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris, Tom Bolohan Observers: Dave Brown, Ken Wootton, Mac McAlpine, Tom Bolohan, Tom Stewart Visitors: Lots of visitors to the site today for Day 2 of the Hawk Cliff Open House Weekend. Thanks to everyone that helped spot the birds today in a very tough pure blue sky! Weather: Moderate to strong NE winds with pretty good gusts and temp cool starting at 7C and getting to a high of 15C. Clear blue skies and rising pressure for the entire count period. Raptor Observations: A good flight today despite the challenging viewing conditions with a total of 2154 raptors tallied including a few Broadwing stragglers and the first obvious push of Redtails. Non-raptor Observations: Please see the eBird checklist at the following link: https://ebird.org/checklist/S119866768 Predictions: Winds are forecast to continue moderate from the NE for the day with a mix of sun and cloud which should help with spotting the birds. There should be a similar flight to what we saw 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