Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 23 24 Bald Eagle 0 13 13 Northern Harrier 0 119 119 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1446 1446 Cooper's Hawk 0 12 12 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 887 917 Red-tailed Hawk 0 34 34 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 622 623 Merlin 0 32 32 Peregrine Falcon 4 8 9 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: 7 3197 3230 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 2.5 hours Official Counter: Su Ross-Redmond Observers: Mac McAlpine Visitors: Thanks to Su R and Mac M for hanging around for a bit of a count today. Weather: Moderate SW winds today created a nice lift upwards up the cliff face and brought the possibility of birds along the cliff edge itself. Otherwise, the day remained unsettled and brought some drying out time with it starting to open up into the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Not many birds today but as hoped there were a few Peregrines (4) that decided to take advantage of the SW winds and cruise past along the cliff. A few other birds went past as well. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Tomorrow (Thu) is the FIRST day in WEEKS with a forecast for northerly winds for the entire day. Hopefully, this well come with clearing air and some decent thermals (the Thermal Updraft Velocity (TUV) forecast for tomorrow is as high as 400 ft/min). ======================================================================== 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