Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 283 3854 4222 Osprey 1 4 28 Bald Eagle 0 35 103 Northern Harrier 4 157 279 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 1278 2959 Cooper's Hawk 3 53 79 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 24 25 Broad-winged Hawk 0 124 6311 Red-tailed Hawk 4 237 241 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 269 816 Merlin 0 17 48 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 35 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: 323 6064 15148 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for doing today's count despite the less than favourable conditions. Weather: Temps ranged from 7C-16C. Winds were nearly nonexistent to start, swinging to a modest SW by the end of the observation period. High clouds eventually covered the entire area. Raptor Observations: Simple and sad: No wind = no raptors for the first 3 hours or so, and then numbers were modest at best, boosted by a noon hour jaunt north of Dexter Line to find the scattering strings of Turkey Vultures and tagalongs. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Common Loon, Canada Goose, Herring Gull, Killdeer, Eastern Towhee, American Crow, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Northern Flicker, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pileated Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Common Grackle, Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Golden-crowned Kinglet, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Phoebe, Blue-headed Vireo, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, and Northern Parula (2 - photographed). Predictions: Rain will halt any migration for Thursday. ======================================================================== 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