Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 8 8 Osprey 5 50 51 Bald Eagle 8 52 52 Northern Harrier 49 302 302 Sharp-shinned Hawk 112 1965 1965 Cooper's Hawk 3 42 42 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 3 1255 1285 Red-tailed Hawk 6 56 56 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 30 1152 1153 Merlin 3 46 46 Peregrine Falcon 2 17 18 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 4949 4982 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ken Wootton Visitors: There were a few visitors today to the site. A big thank you to Tom B, Ken W and Ronnie G for doing today's count. Weather: Winds held pretty much moderate from the NE for the count period until light rain began to fall in mid-afternoon. Temps got to a high of 24C under a completely overcast sky. Raptor Observations: Well as hoped the rain held off till just after 1 pm bird time and they got a count done today with a total of 222 raptors tallied. The bulk of today's flight were Sharpies (112) and Am. Kestrels (30) but once again N. Harriers (49) were a nice surprise for the day. The counters also had a couple more Peregrines today. Non-raptor Observations: A non-raptor report was not submitted for today. Predictions: It looks like the forecast for Monday is a mix of sun and cloud which is good... but with E winds which is not so good as it spreads out the flight from the lake shore inland. I suspect the flight would be similar to today's though with fewer birds. ======================================================================== 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