Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 46 426 426 Osprey 0 79 79 Bald Eagle 0 99 99 Northern Harrier 5 271 271 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1997 1997 Cooper's Hawk 0 51 51 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5091 5091 Red-tailed Hawk 0 39 39 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 16 1686 1686 Merlin 2 68 68 Peregrine Falcon 0 68 68 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: 73 9875 9875 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Don Taylor Visitors: Thanks to Keith and Don T for doing today's count. Weather: Lots of cloud cover to start and then breaking out a bit with some sunshine. Temp to a high of 18C. Winds light to moderate from the E and then round to SE which halted the flight. Raptor Observations: A total of 73 birds today ...mostly TVs (46) with a few each of N. Harriers (5), Sharpies (4), Am. Kestrels (16) and Merlins (2). Non-raptor Observations: None reported. ======================================================================== 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: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392