Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 31, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 3 3 Bald Eagle 1 2 2 Northern Harrier 0 5 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 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 21 27 27 Merlin 0 0 0 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: 24 38 38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Visitors: Just a few visitors today… Claude L., Paul and Mich from London and some young ladies from St. Thomas. Weather: Nice NW winds today with much less humidity and mostly blue skies. Eventually, great looking cumulus clouds built in and the weather was perfect for hawk watching but there just weren't a lot of birds on the move yet. Raptor Observations: Just 24 birds today and most were Am. Kestrels (21) with a single early in the day Osprey crossing just to the north of the ravine, a single Sharpie and I counted one immature Bald Eagle (very white in the belly and white in the wings) that I figured didn't belong locally to the area and was most likely on the move through to the west. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of passerines observed in th morning especially warblers with Orange-crowned (Ad.), Am. Redstart, a couple of young Magnolias, a couple of Cape May, and lots that I couldn't identify because they were in flight or constantly on the move in the surrounding trees and shrubs and R.T. Hummingbirds (56 for the day). Had family groups of both Warbling Vireo and Indigo Buntings and also had a couple of Least Flycatchers (being very vocal), Red-eyed Vireo, Pileated Woodpecker, a juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpeckers and N. Flicker. A great sighting for me included my first ever (at Hawk Cliff) Semipalmated Plovers with 3 vocalising in flight and right overhead providing excellent views. And finally for those interested in Monarchs I tallied over 50 and on the mammal front we spotted a lone Coyote as it jogged across the worked field to the north of the knoll and paused to look around long enough for me to snap a single photo. Predictions: Winds will continue to be northerly tomorrow and weather looks very pleasant with lower humidty. I suspect there will be some birds migrate through but not in any large numbers. ======================================================================== 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