Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 4 13 16 Bald Eagle 1 17 19 Northern Harrier 13 40 45 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 13 14 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 278 390 390 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 23 126 153 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 326 604 642 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Ernie Gribble, Keith Sealy Visitors: Thanks to Tom B for doing today's count along with Keith S and Ernie G. Weather: Light NE winds till they died out just after noon ending the flight. Cloud cover was variable from 40% to start then building to 80% before completely disappearing just after noon. Humidity continued to be more comfortable as over the past several days. Raptor Observations: Not a bad flight over the course of the 4 hour count period with a total of 326 tallied.... mostly BWs(278) along with Osprey (4), a lone Bald Eagle, N. Harriers (13), a few Sharpies (6) and a single Cooper's Hawk and Am. Kestrels (23). Non-raptor Observations: Nothing reported today. Predictions: We're not expecting much of a flight at the hawk watch tomorrow on moderate SE and S winds as this pushes the flight (if there's a flight at all) inland away from the lake shore. ======================================================================== 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