Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 43 43 Bald Eagle 5 64 64 Northern Harrier 23 160 160 Sharp-shinned Hawk 82 1705 1705 Cooper's Hawk 1 13 13 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 590 17009 17009 Red-tailed Hawk 0 24 24 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 53 402 402 Merlin 5 18 18 Peregrine Falcon 1 9 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: 762 19448 19448 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: Quite a few visitors today. Thanks to Tom B for getting today's count done. Weather: Winds were near calm and even when there was a breeze it was from variable directions. There was zero cloud cover to start the day and then a variable amount of cloud that built in heavier by days end. Temp was cool to start again at 7C and got to a high of 21C. Raptor Observations: A pretty good flight today with 762 raptors tallied. Most were Broadwings (590) with most crossing through during the hour from 10-11. Other species included Osprey (2), Bald Eagle (5), N. Harrier (23), Sharpies (82), Am. Kestrels (53) and Merlins (5) with singles of Cooper's Hawk and Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: The only non-raptor reported was a Red-headed Woodpecker. Predictions: The weather for Sunday is likely to be rainy on and off but Monday looks very promising with a forecast of sun and cloud and NW winds. ======================================================================== 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