Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 552 9921 10953 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 3 91 220 Northern Harrier 2 203 590 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1458 3602 Cooper's Hawk 5 116 187 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 66 158 163 Broad-winged Hawk 0 20 48949 Red-tailed Hawk 326 980 1041 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 2 19 19 American Kestrel 0 428 1500 Merlin 0 37 125 Peregrine Falcon 0 20 33 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 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 2 Total: 961 13454 67448 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: A few visitors today including Chad C., Dave V., Luke R. and others. Thanks to Tom B for submitting the count. Weather: Not many clouds in the sky to start the day and then they totally disappeared leaving pure blue skies making spotting the birds difficult. Cool temp starting at 1C and getting to a high of 15C. Winds were light from the ESE to SSE for the day. Raptor Observations: A much better flight today than expected with a total of 961 birds tallied. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: Same kind of day on Sunday but with more cloud cover to help spot the birds. ======================================================================== 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