Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1206 5584 6616 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 13 56 185 Northern Harrier 15 111 498 Sharp-shinned Hawk 76 978 3122 Cooper's Hawk 7 72 143 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 26 31 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 48946 Red-tailed Hawk 44 289 350 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 27 354 1426 Merlin 1 27 115 Peregrine Falcon 1 7 20 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: 1394 7522 61516 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Dave Brown, Ken Wootton Visitors: Lots of visitors today with it being the holiday. Thanks to everyone who helped get today’s count done. Weather: Winds were light from the NE and the swinging around to SE as the wind line passed thtu before settling in as light SW for the rest of the count period. Temps started at 11C and got to a high of 14C. Lots of blue skies today with just a bit of cloud so birds were tough to spot once they started gaining height. Raptor Observations: With all the sunshine around the birds were able to kettle and gain height with most kettles consisting of TVs with other buteos and accipiters in with them. Total birds for the day was 1394 of 10 different species including a single Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: See eBird checklist for details on non-raptors. https://ebird.org/checklist/S120427605 Predictions: They’re forecasting moderate SW winds tomorrow for the day and this may bring some birds along the Cliff edge on the updraft formed by the winds from that direction. ======================================================================== 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