Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 53 55 Bald Eagle 1 26 26 Northern Harrier 14 185 185 Sharp-shinned Hawk 76 758 761 Cooper's Hawk 0 18 18 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 37 17916 17916 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 79 763 772 Merlin 6 46 47 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 9 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: 213 19781 19796 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: a steady stream throughout the day Weather: A quick band of rain passed through about 30 minutes before count commenced. Alternating bands of dun and heavy cloud throughout the day. The site appeared to be in a wind tension zone wherein it was WSW down low and WNW higher up for most of the day, only shifting toward a more productive NW during the last couple of hours of the count. Raptor Observations: Pretty sparse until 2pm or so when the wind picked up a consistent N component low and high. Non-raptor Observations: Please see eBird checklist for full species breakdown: https://ebird.org/checklist/S119062372 Predictions: WNW-NW with sun and clouds are forecast until early afternoon when the wind is expected to shift to something more southerly. Expect better numbers if it's drier early. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chris Burris (ravenrunninghome@gmail.com) 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