Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 89 791 3040 Osprey 0 6 57 Bald Eagle 9 66 245 Northern Harrier 7 74 440 Sharp-shinned Hawk 177 668 1894 Cooper's Hawk 11 30 63 Northern Goshawk 3 10 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 23649 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 72 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 75 149 871 Merlin 6 18 56 Peregrine Falcon 25 48 100 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 2 2 3 Total: 404 1869 30504 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw Visitors: Thanks to Jim and Kitty B for doing today's count and for any others who were onsite to help spot the birds. Weather: The cloud cover today was pretty much solid though it did break out a bit between 1-2 pm before closing back in again. Temps were still quite warm for this time of the season starting at 16C and getting to a high of 24C. Winds were light to moderate all day going from SE to S to SW then back to SSE and ending S. Raptor Observations: An interesting flight today with a number of falcons (all 3 typical species) on the move using the lift created at the cliff with the southerly winds along with several other good raptors. The total raptors for the day was 404 with a good push of Sharpies (177) and Am Kestrels (75) and just a few N. Harriers (7). The Peregrines (25) put on a show today almost matching the count from one of the days the previous week. This puts our Peregrine count for 2021 at 100 which is just slightly higher than our 20 year average of 90. Other good raptors were 3 Goshawks and a couple of Swainson's Hawks that passed over the hawk watch well within "unaided eye" range as the flight for the day was not high which is typical on days with winds from the south. Non-raptor Observations: For those interested in Monarchs there were 32 counted passing through. No reports of non-raptors were provided. ======================================================================== 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