Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 31, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 2 2 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 3 3 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 9 9 9 Merlin 1 1 1 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: 15 15 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 5.25 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: A half-dozen or so curious individuals showed up today. Weather: Temps ranged from 16C to 25C at count's end. Cloud cover began around 60%, dropped to nil, then rebounded slightly to 10%. Winds were mostly W, with a hoped-for northerly component never quite arriving -- in fact, things were WSW by count's end. Raptor Observations: Early in the season and the mostly west wind made for a pretty slim count. Non-raptor Observations: 40 species recorded from the new Hawk Cliff platform today, including 13 warblers (most notably, 1 Canada and at least 5 Cape Mays). Predictions: A clear day with a modest NW/NNW to start... perhaps the numbers will be a bit better. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chris Burris (ravenrunninghome@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