Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 6 50 52 Bald Eagle 0 21 21 Northern Harrier 51 165 165 Sharp-shinned Hawk 47 674 677 Cooper's Hawk 1 18 18 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 17879 17879 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 112 645 654 Merlin 4 34 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 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: 222 19495 19510 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Bob Pettit, Karen Padbury, Larry Ludwicki Visitors: Great to have Karen Padbury, Larry Ludwicki and Bob Pettit (from the Holiday Beach Hawk Watch) at the site today to help out. Thanks to Tom B for getting the report in for the day. Weather: A good mix of sun and cloud all day with moderate SW winds all day. Temp started at 10C but it got warm hitting a high of 26C. Raptor Observations: Some decent numbers of Sharpies and Am. Kestrels today along with some more N. Harriers, Ospreys and a few Merlins. Just ONE single Broadwing today... incredible given the 1000's that passed through yesterday. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. I meant to mention for those who keep track... we noticed a significant number of Monarchs moving along past the hawk watch yesterday with (I would estimate) several hundred for the day (if not more). Nice to see given the latest concerns for this species with the change to its status. Predictions: With winds forecast to be light to moderate from the S there's not going to be nearly as many birds but at least you might see some pass right along the cliff edge using the updraft created. Sunday is looking a bit more promising with strong SW winds which again favours those species that like to ride the lift created at the cliff edge. ======================================================================== 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