Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 312 11437 Osprey 0 1 62 Bald Eagle 8 45 268 Northern Harrier 2 26 620 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 27 3637 Cooper's Hawk 4 34 223 Northern Goshawk 1 4 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 94 339 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48949 Red-tailed Hawk 22 1022 2540 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 4 Golden Eagle 2 19 46 American Kestrel 0 2 1503 Merlin 1 7 133 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 33 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 2 Total: 44 1596 69804 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Chad Cornish Observers: Cary Graham, Ken Wootton, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A big thank you to to Chad as official counter and Ken, Ronnie and Cary for helping spot the birds today. Weather: Mostly cloudy skies with light winds from the NNW thru N and NW for the day. Temp started at 0C and got to a high of just 3C. Raptor Observations: A nice variety of raptors today (44) with most flying well above the tree line. Redtail Hawks were the most numerous, but the highlights of the day were 2 Golden Eagles and a lone N. Goshawk. Non-raptor Observations: See the following eBird checklist for the non-raptors reported today: https://ebird.org/checklist/S123179697 ======================================================================== 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