Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 852 6925 7957 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 8 66 195 Northern Harrier 5 143 530 Sharp-shinned Hawk 148 1129 3273 Cooper's Hawk 2 74 145 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 26 31 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 48946 Red-tailed Hawk 8 297 358 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 15 383 1455 Merlin 5 35 123 Peregrine Falcon 2 14 27 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: 1046 9111 63105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Dave Brown, Ken Wootton Visitors: A larger group of visitors this morning from a geocaching club that wanted to see what the migration was all about. Thanks to those who helped with the watch today and getting the count submitted. Weather: Pretty much complete cloud cover to start the day with temp at 7C and getting to a high of 13C under a mix of sun and cloud. Winds were supposed to be SW for the day but it appeared they were slightly WSW which I think hindered today's flight. Raptor Observations: A better count than we expected in part because of a decent number of Sharpies moving through but just a couple of adult Peregrines passed by and we had definitely hoped for more on the moderate winds blowing up the cliff. We finally got our first Northern Goshawk of the season today as well. Non-raptor Observations: Just a few non-raptors to report today with details in the following eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120820825 And for those interested in the Monarchs we had at least 10 today attempting to pass through at the observation knoll / platform. :) Predictions: Right now it's not looking very promising for the rest of the week with a lot of unsettled weather forecast including rain and possibly even snow over some areas of the region. Winds are also forecast to continue from either a westerly or southerly direction which will certainly push any birds that even try to migrate inland from the lake and the hawk watch. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (ez.raptor1210@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