Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 1032 1032 Osprey 0 58 60 Bald Eagle 32 121 121 Northern Harrier 40 380 380 Sharp-shinned Hawk 216 2088 2091 Cooper's Hawk 12 70 70 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 5 Broad-winged Hawk 623 48915 48915 Red-tailed Hawk 13 57 57 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 70 1058 1067 Merlin 9 83 84 Peregrine Falcon 2 13 13 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 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 1020 53882 53897 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw Visitors: Quite a few folks out again today including a group from Fanshawe College. A big thanks to everyone that helped with today's count. Weather: A great hawk watching day weather wise with light to moderate NE and N winds for the day and a good mix of sun and cloud. Temps ranged from 11C to start to a high of 16C. Raptor Observations: A decent flight today with a total of 1020 birds as we continue to the tail end of the Broad-winged Hawk push and a good push of Sharpies. The highlight today was the season's only Swainson's Hawk so far which was observed by a few of the folks onsite today. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. ======================================================================== 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