Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (14 Sep 2024) 195 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2024
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 1 7 8
Bald Eagle 0 9 9
Northern Harrier 11 51 51
Sharp-shinned Hawk 120 397 397
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 4
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 30 642 672
Red-tailed Hawk 4 20 20
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 26 320 321
Merlin 2 17 17
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 3
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: 195 1470 1503
Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Tom Bolohan
Observers:
Visitors:
One visitor was noted today... M. Norville from Buffalo NY. Thanks to Tom B
for sticking it out today to get a count done.
Weather:
Unfortunately, the current high pressure weather system setup over
southwestern Ontario is not great for pushing the migrating raptors down to
the Lake Erie shoreline. As a result, fewer birds pass the hawk watch so
the flights are relatively small.
Raptor Observations:
Today's flight was just 195 birds with mostly Sharpies (120) and a small
number of Broadwings (30) and Am Kestrels (26). A single Osprey today and
a lone Peregrine that's a bit early in the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Sunday has forecasted ESE to SE winds once again which is basically the
worst wind directions for raptor flights at Hawk Cliff. I suspect the
total flight will be under triple digits.
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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
More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392