Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 8233 10482 Osprey 0 8 59 Bald Eagle 15 164 343 Northern Harrier 4 185 551 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 1633 2859 Cooper's Hawk 3 97 130 Northern Goshawk 0 10 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 21 23 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 23654 Red-tailed Hawk 12 154 223 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 1 11 11 American Kestrel 7 463 1185 Merlin 0 41 79 Peregrine Falcon 4 59 111 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 0 2 3 Total: 73 11091 39726 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Cary Graham, Catherine Manschot, Jim Bradshaw, Keith Sealy, Kitty Bradshaw Visitors: Thanks to Jim and Kitty for doing up today's count report and to observers Keith S, Cary G and Catherine M (from the NPH). Weather: Some cloud cover to start the day with about half the sky covered and then slowly building in to 100% cloud cover before clearing a bit in the last hour of the count. Winds were moderate first from the W but backing to SW for the rest of the day. Temps ranged from 12C to 18C and humidity dropped fairly quickly which always seems to help the flight get going. Raptor Observations: Today's flight was pretty much as expected with not a big number of birds with just 73 tallied but with 9 different species noted. They counters had another Golden Eagle today along with another 4 Peregrines and another 2 Red-shouldered Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: It's looking pretty wet for tomorrow (Thursday) so I'm not expecting much of a flight but keep an eye on the weather for Friday as forecasters are calling for light to moderate N and NW winds which is always good for this point in the season. ======================================================================== 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