Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 489 6073 7105 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 2 58 187 Northern Harrier 27 138 525 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 981 3125 Cooper's Hawk 0 72 143 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 26 31 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 48946 Red-tailed Hawk 0 289 350 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 14 368 1440 Merlin 3 30 118 Peregrine Falcon 5 12 25 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 0 1 Total: 543 8065 62059 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Chris Burris, Keith Sealy, Ken Wootton, Mac McAlpine, Matt Oswald Visitors: A few visitors today and a good group of counters and observers helped with todays lighter than expected count. Thanks to everyone that was there. Weather: Winds were great to start the day though a bit WSW but fairly strong right off the bat before swinging to straight SW and even stronger for much of the day before backing a bit again to WSW and dying down late in the afternoon. No clouds at all today and high pressure still holding over the entire region. Temps warmer today to a high of 19C. Raptor Observations: Well, we had hoped for Peregrines today and did get a few but nowhere near what we expected for numbers given the prime timeframe for their typical migration dates and the strong SW winds up the cliff. We ended with just 5 Peregrines along with a few Merlins, Am Kestrels and N Harriers (of which a handful were males). Non-raptor Observations: Although raptors were scarce, the passerines were... interesting! We had two apparent male Brewer's Blackbirds in a scope as they perched briefly atop a snag, along with an apparent Band-tailed Pigeon in hard E-to-W flight above the cliff edge at 954am. Details in this eBird report: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120523825 Predictions: The forecast is for a windy (from the S) and unsettled day on Wednesday so I wouldn't expect much of a flight. The next possibly decent flight day may be Friday with more SW winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chris Burris (ravenrunninghome@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