Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 1 Turkey Vulture 0 506 22843 Osprey 0 3 68 Bald Eagle 1 57 464 Northern Harrier 5 27 688 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 40 3377 Cooper's Hawk 0 18 230 Northern Goshawk 0 1 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 23 830 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23657 Red-tailed Hawk 0 547 3372 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 7 Golden Eagle 0 23 82 American Kestrel 1 4 1206 Merlin 0 6 96 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 127 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 14 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 7 1260 57080 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 2.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for going down to do today's count despite the not so great weather. Weather: Temps ranged from -2C to 0C. The wind was a moderate WNW to NW (around 25 km/h) with occasional gusts. Cloud cover was 100% throughout, and snow flurries were sometimes light but never absent. Raptor Observations: The promising wind unfortunately brought lake effect precipitation to the area at least several kms around Hawk Cliff. Consequently, despite brighter, drier conditions to the east that produced an adult Golden Eagle just west of Delhi, the Cliff itself yielded a mere 7 raptors. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Herring Gull, Canada Goose, American Crow, Blue Jay, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Robin, American Pipit, Horned Lark, Eastern Bluebird, American Goldfinch, Northern Cardinal, and Rusty Blackbird (4). Predictions: Tomorrow is forecast to have W winds which will likely slow down any flight but Sunday and Monday the forecast is calling for NE and NW winds BUT with some snow so what birds do decide to move should be down along the lakeshore. I'm just not sure how many raptors are "in the pipe". ======================================================================== 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