Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (14 Nov 2022) 396 Raptors
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2022
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 310 11435
Osprey 0 1 62
Bald Eagle 0 34 257
Northern Harrier 0 17 611
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 23 3633
Cooper's Hawk 5 30 219
Northern Goshawk 0 3 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 37 93 338
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48949
Red-tailed Hawk 350 999 2517
Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 4
Golden Eagle 4 17 44
American Kestrel 0 2 1503
Merlin 0 6 132
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 33
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
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 396 1538 69746
Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: 1Counter
Observers:
Visitors:
None.
Weather:
Nice mix of sun and big puffy cumulus clouds consistently around 60% for
the count period today. Temps 0C (felt like -5C with the wind chill) and
got to a high of 2C. Winds were light to moderate from the W and then
backing to the NW.
Raptor Observations:
Not a bad flight today for just the 3 hour count period with another 4
Golden Eagles and a great count of Redtails (350).
Non-raptor Observations:
The counter mentioned a number of passerines seen but with no specifics
other than it included some warblers.
Predictions:
The next couple of days have a forecast of NE to E winds for Tuesday and
then NW winds on Wednesday BUT with a real messy mix of precipitation
possible. IF it turns out the precipitation is all snow then the birds may
actually move but if there's too much rain mixed in that would shut down
the flight most likely.
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Report submitted by Dave Brown (ez.raptor1210@gmail.com)
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm
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