Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 792 3623 4074 Osprey 0 6 66 Bald Eagle 13 32 72 Northern Harrier 6 78 467 Sharp-shinned Hawk 96 451 2205 Cooper's Hawk 12 33 76 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 9 Broad-winged Hawk 1 4 7113 Red-tailed Hawk 37 80 109 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 3 10 10 American Kestrel 6 196 1163 Merlin 0 11 79 Peregrine Falcon 0 25 42 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: 966 4555 15487 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ken Wootton, Su Ross-Redmond, Tom Stewart Visitors: Thanks to Tom B, Su, Ken and Tom S for helping do today's count. Weather: Winds started moderate from the NE but swung to ENE and finally to straight E by the end of the count period. Temps started at 9C and got to a high of 20C with clear skies to start then clouding in through midday before breaking out to almost clear again. Pressure pretty much steady for the day. Raptor Observations: A decent flight today with a total of 966 birds. The majority of today's flight consisted of TVs (792) and Sharpies (96). Highlight today was 3 more Golden Eagles! They also had a late Broad-winged Hawk and some nice Bald Eagle flyovers. Non-raptor Observations: Only non-raptors reported today were a couple of flyby Sandhill Cranes. Predictions: The forecast is for a mix of NE to NW winds for the next few days which IF IT HOLDS should really get the raptor migration moving and bring pretty good flights down to the lake shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Thermal updraft forecasts also appear good for tomorrow (Monday) with values ranging from 400-500 ft per minute lift which will allow the birds to kettle quickly and gain height without much effort. Fingers crossed. ======================================================================== 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