Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 25 8146 8514 Osprey 0 6 30 Bald Eagle 6 74 142 Northern Harrier 20 256 378 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 1765 3446 Cooper's Hawk 9 129 155 Northern Goshawk 0 9 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 44 466 467 Broad-winged Hawk 0 126 6313 Red-tailed Hawk 120 2430 2434 Rough-legged Hawk 1 16 16 Golden Eagle 1 30 30 American Kestrel 1 291 838 Merlin 1 34 65 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: 238 13793 22877 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Matt Oswald, Ronnie Goodhand Visitors: A big thanks to those who helped out with today's count... Chris B, Matt, Ronnie and Keith. Weather: Temps ranged from 3C-6C. Winds were moderate from the N, shifting to NNW. Cloud cover was 100% for much of the day, with a few sunny breaks. Raptor Observations: With the promise of NW winds and some sun in the afternoon, hopes were high. The winds were there, for sure – but so was some snow and sleet showers, and not nearly as much sun as expected. As a result, the count was rather modest. Just one of the hoped-for Golden Eagles arrived. Red-tailed Hawks hit triple digits, however, and Red-shoulders also made a nice showing. Of the 20 Northern Harriers, most were sleek adult males. Non-raptor Observations: Noteworthy once again were more flocks of passing Evening Grosbeaks, totaling another 300+ birds. There were multiple flocks and one that had AT LEAST 120+ in it that passed 30m beside us and just above the field. The remainder of Non-raptors included: Common Loon, Canada Goose, Killdeer, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Purple Finch, House Finch, Pine Siskin, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Northern Cardinal, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Pipit, Mourning Dove, Cedar Waxwing, Tundra Swan and possibly a tight flight of Loons (9) that may have been Red-throated but were too high to our east to tell. Every single loon was headed in a SE direction and out over the lake. ======================================================================== 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