Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 4 4 6 Bald Eagle 1 1 1 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 4 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 15 15 24 Merlin 0 0 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 21 21 36 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Keith Sealy, Matt Oswald Visitors: Lots of visitors today with help from Matt, Harold and Keith. Weather: A beautiful day with lots of sun but no clouds and little wind to start the day. Wind did pick up a bit from the NW but eventually swung around to the W and then got stronger from the SW which finally brought some actual migrants through. Raptor Observations: Not many raptors migrating today with the best being 4 Osprey right along the cliff. The Bald Eagles were putting on a show today with at least one probable family group in the area with the two youngsters doing some arial acrobatics locking talons together. Non-raptor Observations: A TON of warblers on the move first thing this morning especially in the area in and around the TTLT property parking area (its currently overgrown a bit). I literally had warblers all around me and flying right past my face with many others bouncing around in the nearby trees. Lots of vireos and many other passerines too. Please see my eBird report for all of the species at the following link: https://ebird.org/canada/checklist/S117976569 Predictions: The southerly winds will not be conducive to any real push of raptors for the next couple of days. If the winds get back around in a northerly direction that will help. ======================================================================== 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