Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1081 7905 8273 Osprey 0 6 30 Bald Eagle 10 67 135 Northern Harrier 27 230 352 Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 1751 3432 Cooper's Hawk 7 112 138 Northern Goshawk 1 9 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 163 395 396 Broad-winged Hawk 0 126 6313 Red-tailed Hawk 1085 2197 2201 Rough-legged Hawk 5 12 12 Golden Eagle 9 26 26 American Kestrel 1 289 836 Merlin 3 30 61 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 40 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: 2423 13170 22254 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Tom B for doing today's count. Some visitors to the site today Justin P., Jen M., John B., Kitty and Jenny L. and Michelle B. Weather: Well the winds hung in NE for the day though lighter than yesterday's winds it was still enough to keep a good number of raptors down along the Lake Erie shore line. There was also lots of cloud cover around for the day which always helps make it easier to spot the birds. Temps were quite cool to start at 2C and only getting to a high of 7C. Raptor Observations: A pretty good follow-up flight today with a total of 2,423 raptors tallied . We had another good push of Redtails (1,085) and Red-shoulders (163) with highlights being a long N. Goshawk, more Rough-legged Hawks (5) and more Golden Eagles (9). Non-raptor Observations: The only non-raptor reported today was a lone Sandhill Crane. Predictions: If the rain clears through eastward quick enough in the morning and with light N winds forecast the birds will likely continue to make their move along Lake Erie. There will be pretty much complete cloud cover for the day so spotting the birds will be easier. ======================================================================== 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