Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 216 8121 8489 Osprey 0 6 30 Bald Eagle 1 68 136 Northern Harrier 2 236 358 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1755 3436 Cooper's Hawk 8 120 146 Northern Goshawk 0 9 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 27 422 423 Broad-winged Hawk 0 126 6313 Red-tailed Hawk 111 2310 2314 Rough-legged Hawk 2 15 15 Golden Eagle 1 29 29 American Kestrel 1 290 837 Merlin 1 33 64 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 40 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: 374 13555 22639 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for doing today's count. Weather: Temps ranged from 8C-10C. Winds were modest from the NE, around 15km/h. Cloud cover shifted from 100% to 50% by the end of the count period. Raptor Observations: The tally this afternoon trickled in slowly at first, but with a swift uptick when some clouds cleared out and the sun appeared: 374 birds in 3.5 hours, including a subadult looking Golden Eagle at 3:16 pm (EST). Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Purple Finch, Hermit Thrush, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Northern Cardinal, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and American Pipit, Cedar Waxwing, Evening Grosbeak, Great Blue Heron, Common Loon, and Wild Turkey. ======================================================================== 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