Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (30 Sep 2025) 374 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2025
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 141 451 451
Osprey 3 58 60
Bald Eagle 7 37 40
Northern Harrier 22 386 389
Sharp-shinned Hawk 144 1752 1754
Cooper's Hawk 5 41 43
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 7105 7109
Red-tailed Hawk 13 29 29
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 31 964 967
Merlin 7 68 68
Peregrine Falcon 0 17 17
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: 374 10913 10932
Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Harold V.
Observers: Dave Brown, Ken Wootton, Tom Stewart
Visitors:
Thanks to Harold V for doing today's count with help from Dave B, Ken W,
Tom S and several others.
Weather:
Today's weather was still too warm and the pure blue skies made spotting
any birds nearly impossible. Temp started at 11C and got to a high of 25C.
Winds were actually better than expected from the NE at least for the
morning before switching to ENE and finally from the SE.
Raptor Observations:
Almost the same flight of birds as yesterday with 374 tallied. Mostly
Sharpies (144) and TVs (141) along with Am Kestrels (31), Merlins (7),
Redtails (13), a single Red-shoulder, Cooper's Hawks (5), Ospreys (3), Bald
Eagles (7) and N Harriers (22).
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarch count: 55
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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
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