Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 100 100 Osprey 2 70 70 Bald Eagle 14 89 89 Northern Harrier 8 156 156 Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 1568 1568 Cooper's Hawk 1 18 18 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 5027 5027 Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 12 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 103 1498 1498 Merlin 7 58 58 Peregrine Falcon 20 63 63 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: 175 8659 8659 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy Observers: Cary Graham, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A few visitors today with a thanks to Keith, Cary and Ronnie for doing today's count. Weather: Lots of cloud cover to start and then it all disappeared and we had mostly blue skies. Winds were non-existent to start and then light from the SW. Raptor Observations: A much smaller flight today with just 175 birds counted. However, it was definitely a day for the falcons as they made use of the lift created at the cliff edge by the SW winds.... with another good flight of Peregrines (20). Merlins (7) and Am. Kestrels (103). Non-raptor Observations: A report of both Pileated Woodpecker and E. Wood Pewee. ======================================================================== 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: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392