Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (22 Oct 2022) 404 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2022
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 223 7148 8180
Osprey 0 0 61
Bald Eagle 2 68 197
Northern Harrier 27 170 557
Sharp-shinned Hawk 80 1209 3353
Cooper's Hawk 12 86 157
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 26 31
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 48946
Red-tailed Hawk 20 317 378
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 38 421 1493
Merlin 1 36 124
Peregrine Falcon 1 15 28
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: 404 9515 63509
Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Dave Brown
Observers: Ken Wootton
Visitors:
Lots of visitors today. A big thankyou to those that helped get a count
done today in the pure blue skies.
Weather:
Moderate SSW to S winds and lots of sunshine.
Raptor Observations:
A better day than we expected with the winds. Ended up with 404 birds
tallied including a nice adult Peregrine right along the cliff edge and a
good number of N. Harriers including adult looking and immature looking
males.
Non-raptor Observations:
Some good passerines today as well. For details see the following checklist
on eBird:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S121153206
Predictions:
Sunday promises to be a very similar day but with SE winds which will again
push the flight inland for most birds other than those right along the
cliff.
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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