Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 2 Turkey Vulture 248 280 951 Osprey 0 0 45 Bald Eagle 14 14 157 Northern Harrier 19 22 416 Sharp-shinned Hawk 88 99 2666 Cooper's Hawk 4 7 98 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18488 Red-tailed Hawk 15 15 194 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 43 55 1724 Merlin 1 3 56 Peregrine Falcon 0 14 40 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 0 1 Total: 432 509 24841 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ken Wootton, Su Ross-Redmond Visitors: A few visitors at the site today so glad to see there were a few birds moving through. Thanks to Tom B, Su and Ken for doing the count today. Weather: Winds were light from the NE to start but eventually swung round to SE which basically shut down the flight. Mainly sunny skies for most of the morning before some cloud moved in by early afternoon. The temp started much cooler at 5Cand then got to a high of 16C. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight today with a total of 432 birds the bulk of which were TVs (248). Lots of Bald Eagles (14) appeared to actually be on the move today along with N Harriers (19), Sharpies (88) and Am Kestrels (43). Smaller numbers of Cooper's Hawk (4), Redtail (15) and a lone Merlin. Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: The forecast is for light to moderate SW winds for Sunday which could work well to bring more falcons along the cliff edge including the possibility of more Peregrines. ======================================================================== 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