Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 366 368 Osprey 0 20 24 Bald Eagle 2 47 68 Northern Harrier 6 120 122 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 1680 1681 Cooper's Hawk 0 26 26 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6184 6187 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 28 531 547 Merlin 2 31 31 Peregrine Falcon 3 25 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 Total: 48 9035 9084 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Matt Oswald Visitors: Thanks to Chris B. and Matt O. for doing today's count. Weather: In a word... WINDY! Strong WSW then SW winds 40kph to 50kph for the day. Lots of cloud cover to start then breaking out to about 20% and finally totally closing in again. There was also occasional light rain. Raptor Observations: A total of 48 raptors tallied for the day... with the highlight 3 Peregrines (at 10:17am(HY), 10:25am(Ad) and 12:23pm(Ad), respectively). Not much else was moving, raptor-wise, after the initial “rush hour”... just a few N. Harriers (6) and Sharpies(7), a couple each of Bald Eagles and Merlins and some good Am. Kestrels (28). Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Canada Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, American Crow, Blue Jay American Goldfinch, Northern Flicker, Mourning Dove, European Starling, Song Sparrow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Predictions: Gusty W winds are forecast which will slow any migration and there's also the chance of rain in the afternoon. ======================================================================== 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