Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 2 2 Turkey Vulture 95 494 494 Osprey 4 42 42 Bald Eagle 0 131 131 Northern Harrier 11 358 358 Sharp-shinned Hawk 45 2507 2507 Cooper's Hawk 6 81 81 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 3 18482 18482 Red-tailed Hawk 8 170 170 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 65 1453 1453 Merlin 1 48 48 Peregrine Falcon 3 18 18 Unknown Accipitrine 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 1 1 Total: 241 23790 23790 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Mac McAlpine Observers: Ken Wootton, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: None reported today. Weather: Lots of cloud cover around today with it finally starting to open up a bit at the very end of the count. Winds were very light for the entire count period, never exceeding 10 kph from the N and NNW. The high pressure centre continued to dominate the region and temps ranged from 9C to 21C. Raptor Observations: A pretty typical flight today given the weather conditions and since we're at the point in the fall migration where the bulk of the Broadwings have gone through but prior to the push of other species in October. There was a total of 241 raptors tallied for the day. Non-raptor Observations: No report provided today. Predictions: The forecast for Tuesday is light N to NW and then to SW winds and sunny with a few clouds. I suspect it will be a fairly small flight for the day. There might be a few Peregrines and other species that use the lift at the cliff edge later in the day if the winds go around to the SW as forecast (although there will be very light). ======================================================================== 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