Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 41 41 Bald Eagle 16 59 59 Northern Harrier 28 137 137 Sharp-shinned Hawk 153 1623 1623 Cooper's Hawk 3 12 12 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 933 16419 16419 Red-tailed Hawk 9 24 24 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 46 349 349 Merlin 1 13 13 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 8 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: 1193 18686 18686 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Only one visitor noted today on the report. Thanks to Kitty and Jim with help from Paul C to get a count done today. Weather: Clear blue skies today and a much cooler start at 6C. The air dried quickly and the temp climbed to 19C by the end of the count period. Winds were light NE for most of the morning and much longer than had been forecast backing to the E only in the last hour. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight today and likely thanks to the winds hanging in from the NE for longer than expected. A total of 1,193 raptors were counted with Broadwings (933) and Sharpies (153) and Am Kestrels (46) making up most of the flight. A couple more Osprey came through along with singles of Merlin, Peregrine and an early Roughie. Non-raptor Observations: A couple of things reported with RT Hummingbirds (10) and Northern Flicker (6). Predictions: Winds are forecast to be light and variable for the weekend so it's pretty tough to predict what if any kind of flight will occur. There will be birds that go through but I'm not expecting any large flights. ======================================================================== 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