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
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.
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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