Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 492 702 2951 Osprey 0 6 57 Bald Eagle 15 49 228 Northern Harrier 5 61 427 Sharp-shinned Hawk 295 398 1624 Cooper's Hawk 6 14 47 Northern Goshawk 0 7 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 23649 Red-tailed Hawk 2 3 72 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 21 44 766 Merlin 2 10 48 Peregrine Falcon 4 15 67 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 0 0 1 Total: 843 1312 29947 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ernie Gribble, Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Tom B for today's count with assitance from Ronnie G, Keith S and Ernie G. Weather: Moderate S winds all day with mostly sunny skies with just a bit of cloud around. Very humid today with temp reaching a high of 24C but feeling like 30C with the humidex. Hard to believe it's almost the middle of October. Raptor Observations: Despite the winds from the S it was a much better flight today most likely because of lots of sunshine and a steady wind. There were a total of 843 raptors tallied today with the highlight the first Golden Eagle of the 2021 Fall season at Hawk Cliff. A good push of Sharpies today with 295. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: Strong southerly winds are forecast for Tuesday and a 60% chance of rain sometime during the day so I'm not sure what the chances of a decent flight will be. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.ca) 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