Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 38 38 Bald Eagle 0 29 29 Northern Harrier 0 42 42 Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 788 788 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1216 1671 1671 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 57 267 267 Merlin 1 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5 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: 1333 2869 2869 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Keith Sealy, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Tom B., Keith S. and Ronnie G. for helping get today's count done. Weather: SW and W winds for the day with temps running from 14C to 22C. No cloud cover to start but it built in by 10 a.m. and remained at that for the rest of the day making it much easier to spot the Broadwings. Raptor Observations: A Total of 1333 raptors for the day with the bulk being Broadwings. Not bad given the SW winds and if there had been northerly winds there would've been a much bigger flight. Non-raptor Observations: The Monarchs were definitely on the move today although the guys didn't provide an actual count. No other bird species were reported. Predictions: Unfortunately, the winds overnight will be NW to NE but then switch over to straight S. This tends to give some lift at the cliff edge for species like Osprey, Bald Eagles and the falcons... BUT will almost certainly spread the rest of the flight inland away from the hawk watch. Still, as long as it doesn't rain there should be birds on the move. ======================================================================== 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