Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 2 4 Turkey Vulture 245 5461 6132 Osprey 0 2 47 Bald Eagle 1 39 182 Northern Harrier 1 178 572 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 654 3221 Cooper's Hawk 0 53 144 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 16 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 18495 Red-tailed Hawk 1 124 303 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 6 358 2027 Merlin 0 29 82 Peregrine Falcon 0 107 133 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: 257 7030 31362 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Su Ross-Redmond Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Su for doing a count on such a crappy weather day. Weather: A pretty miserable day for weather with on and off drizzle and more constant rain and complete overcast. Winds were NW to start then backed to W and then eventually back to NW and stronger. Raptor Observations: Not many birds on the move today in such nasty conditions. A few Sharpies and Am Kestrels and a small fight of TVs. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: Saturday looks like a really nice fall day with much colder temps and moderate N winds backing to NW later in the afternoon. The updraft velocities and buoyancy forecasts have improved even more so birds should be able to catch some thermals tomorrow with all the sunshine. The only downside may be trying to find birds in the pure blue skies! ======================================================================== 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