Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 564 17546 19795 Osprey 0 12 63 Bald Eagle 10 211 390 Northern Harrier 3 260 626 Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 1970 3196 Cooper's Hawk 11 160 193 Northern Goshawk 1 13 13 Red-shouldered Hawk 27 487 489 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9 23656 Red-tailed Hawk 188 1543 1612 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 1 39 39 American Kestrel 2 478 1200 Merlin 0 45 83 Peregrine Falcon 1 60 112 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 12 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 3 Total: 840 22851 51486 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for getting today's count done along with help from Ronnie G. Weather: Temps ranged from 6C to 9C. The stiff wind (around 25 km/h, with occasional gust to about 50 km/h) stayed N or (NNNW) for the count period. Cloud coverage was 100% to start, backed off to as little as 40%, then rebounded to 90%. Raptor Observations: Given the strong, unrelenting northerly, a bigger count of birds using a narrower line was expected. The 840 recorded were headed by Turkey Vultures and Red-tails, which often appeared to be using the trees for modest uplift after being blown near the shore. The 11 species included singles of Golden Eagle (subadult), Northern Goshawk (probably an adult male, 5 minutes later), and Peregrine Falcon. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Common Loon (calling in flight), Canada Goose, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, European Starling, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Carolina Wren, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, Purple Finch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Tundra Swan, and Short-eared Owl (flushed near Barnum’s Gully not far from The Cliff). Predictions: Wednesday is looking really good for weather with moderate to light NE winds and a mix of sun and cloud. The only thing with this wind direction is that the flight will likely be fairly high as it gives the birds a tail wind. ======================================================================== 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