Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 493 944 Osprey 0 4 64 Bald Eagle 1 6 46 Northern Harrier 1 36 425 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 122 1876 Cooper's Hawk 1 10 53 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7109 Red-tailed Hawk 1 13 42 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 1 21 988 Merlin 1 2 70 Peregrine Falcon 5 20 37 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: 14 729 11661 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Chris Burris, Mac McAlpine, Matt Oswald, Ronnie Goodhand, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: Quite a few visitors today and unfortunately not much in the way of birds to see. Thanks to Mac, Chris, Matt, Su and Ronnie for sticking around to help despite the very slow day. Weather: The winds were moderate from the SW for most of day and we expected a much better count of Peregrines but it was not to be. Skies were a good mix of sun and cloud but temps continued to be WAY above the seasonal norm hitting 28C with a humidex near 32C! Raptor Observations: A very small flight today with singles of N. Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Merlin and Am. Kestrel. Add to that just 3 Sharpies and then the bonus for the day with 5 Peregrines and the total was just 14 birds over the course of 7 hours of observation! Very sad... The Peregrines came through in the morning at 9:48, 9:58, 10:34, 10:42 and 11:25 (these are "bird" times meaning EST). Non-raptor Observations: Some non-raptors were noted today including a nice Red-headed Woodpecker, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Indigo Bunting and Eastern Phoebe. Monarch count: 20 Predictions: Forecast is rain for the day Tuesday as a cold front crosses the region. Once the front passes we'll see much colder air and a northerly flow of winds behind it so we'll have to see what the rest of this week looks like. ======================================================================== 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