Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 426 Osprey 0 0 79 Bald Eagle 0 0 99 Northern Harrier 3 3 274 Sharp-shinned Hawk 50 50 2047 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 53 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5091 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 39 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 8 1694 Merlin 1 1 69 Peregrine Falcon 2 2 70 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: 66 66 9941 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Matt Oswald Observers: Keith Sealy, Mac McAlpine, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: Thanks to Matt, Mac, Ronnie, Keith and Mary for doing today's count. Weather: Winds were supposed to be strong from the SW but when counters arrived there was little wind at all and this definitely had a negative affect on today's flight. Instead, winds were light from the S then swung around becoming a bit stronger BUT from the WSW which has too much of the westerly component to it which slows the migration. Temp hit a high of 28C but it felt even warmer because of the high humidity. Not exactly typical October weather! Not much cloud cover to start then building in by the end of the count period. Raptor Observations: The hope had been with the forecast strong SW winds that there would be a good Peregrine flight today but it was not to be with just 2 Peregrines cruising through. Total raptors for today was just 66. Non-raptor Observations: For non-raptors the highlights were a a great looking male Ring-necked Pheasant that was spotted right near the hawk watch and a noisy Pileated Woodpecker that flew across the field in front of the hawk watch over to the nearby bush lot. The Blue Jays were again on the move in good numbers with a count of 2,940. ======================================================================== 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: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392