Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 95 95 Osprey 4 57 57 Bald Eagle 0 59 59 Northern Harrier 4 75 75 Sharp-shinned Hawk 45 1209 1209 Cooper's Hawk 1 12 12 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4422 4422 Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 12 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 250 736 736 Merlin 3 35 35 Peregrine Falcon 8 16 16 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: 315 6728 6728 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Bill Read, Keith Sealy, Mac McAlpine, Ronnie Goodhand, Tom Stewart Visitors: Lots of visitors today for the final day of the Open House weekends. A huge thanks to Tom B, Keith, Ronnie, Mac, Bill R and Tom S for getting today's count done. Weather: Lots of cloud to start then breaking out to clear skies. Strong S to SW winds for most of the count period. Temps still quite warm starting at 21C and getting to a high of 29C. Raptor Observations: Well it was no surprise that strong SW winds brought several Peregrines (8) and a good number of Am. Kestrels (250) zipping along the cliff edge using the strong updraft created by the wind hitting the cliff and being deflected upwards. Other species were on the move today as well and a total of 315 raptors were tallied for the day. Non-raptor Observations: A good movement of Blue Jays was reported along with good numbers of Monarchs. Predictions: Winds are forecast to continue strong from the SW for most of Monday which could setup a day very similar to today. There could be more Peregrines especially as we approach their prime time at end of Sept and start of Oct. ======================================================================== 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