Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 680 4941 5309 Osprey 0 4 28 Bald Eagle 7 43 111 Northern Harrier 10 174 296 Sharp-shinned Hawk 121 1524 3205 Cooper's Hawk 9 67 93 Northern Goshawk 1 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 32 33 Broad-winged Hawk 0 124 6311 Red-tailed Hawk 29 303 307 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 4 277 824 Merlin 1 21 52 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: 864 7526 16610 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Jason McGuire Visitors: Thanks to Tom B with help from Jason M for doing today's count. There were also a few visitors at the site today. Weather: Winds were out of the SW and moderate strength for the day. There was very little for cloud cover with mostly pur blue skies. Temp ranged from 3C to 10C by midday. Raptor Observations: Despite the not so favourable wind direction there were birds on the move including another N. Goshawk. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. Predictions: It looks like there's a good chance of rain on Sunday and for a good portion of next week. However, if the rain held off on Monday they are forecasting N winds which may bring some birds through. ======================================================================== 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