Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 8 42 45 Bald Eagle 8 89 91 Northern Harrier 36 169 174 Sharp-shinned Hawk 89 396 397 Cooper's Hawk 0 17 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 58 21585 21585 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 53 480 507 Merlin 2 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 6 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: 255 22812 22850 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jason McGuire Observers: Visitors: None were noted on the count sheet. Thanks to Jason M for sticking it out at the hawk watch today on what I know was a difficult observing day. Weather: Almost completely blue skies with just a few clouds that amounted to no more than 10% all day making spotting birds difficult. Winds were light NNE to start then swung through NE to E and finally ESE to SE by midday or so. Temp got to a high of 24C. Raptor Observations: With very little cloud around today I suspect that lots of Broadwings and other raptors passed through the hawk watch area and were never detected. As well , once the winds swung around to ESE and SE that effectively shut down the flight near the lake shore as the birds would've been pushed inland. Total raptors for the day was 255 and surprisingly the species with the highest count was Sharpies (89) followed by Broadwings (58) and then Am. Kestrels (53). There were a few other falcons with Merlin(2) and a lone Peregrine. Other raptors included Osprey (8), Bald Eagles (8) and N. Harriers (36) which is a pretty good number. Non-raptor Observations: Some non-raptors reported included Blue Jays (just starting to move in bigger numbers), Am. Crow, Canada Geese, Mourning Dove, Am. Goldfinch, Cedar Waxwings, Carolina and House Wrens, Killdeer, RT Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied, Downy and Pileated Woodpeckers along with N. Flickers, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, Great Blue Heron, Red-eyed Vireo, Mallards, Song and White-throated Sparrows, Black-capped Chickadees, Indigo Buntings, DC Cormorants, Gray Catbird, N. Cardinal, Swainson's thrush, Magnolia, Nashville and Black-throated Blue Warblers, GC Kinglets and Black-bellied Plovers. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (thebrowns@ezlink.ca) 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