Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2361 2361 2787 Osprey 0 0 79 Bald Eagle 6 6 105 Northern Harrier 12 15 286 Sharp-shinned Hawk 229 279 2276 Cooper's Hawk 12 14 65 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 58 58 5149 Red-tailed Hawk 17 17 56 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 57 65 1751 Merlin 1 2 70 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 2754 2820 12695 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Keith Sealy, Tom Stewart Observers: Clive Hodder, Don Campbell, Ernie Gribble, Phoebe Campbell, Tom Stewart Visitors: Thanks to Keith, Tom S, Don and Phoebe C, Ernie G and Eric H for helping get today's count done. Weather: Decent winds today from mostly due N and lots of cloud cover. Temp was cooler to a high of just 10C. Raptor Observations: A good flight today with a total of 2,754 birds tallied.... with the bulk being TVs (2,361) and Sharpies (229). Some Cooper's Hawks (12) and the first N. Goshawk of the 2019 season. Non-raptor Observations: None reported. ======================================================================== 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