Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 9 12 Bald Eagle 2 16 18 Northern Harrier 12 27 32 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 7 8 Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 102 112 112 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 41 103 130 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 164 278 316 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for doing today's count along with visitors Glenn and Susan Berry and Keith S all from London. Weather: Temps ranged from 12C to 22C. The wind was a modest northerly 10 to 15 km/h with infrequent gusts to 30 km/h or so, shifting to NW near the end of the count period. There was ZERO cloud cover throughout the day, which likely kept a number of birds cloaked in blueness. Raptor Observations: Nevertheless, a respectable 164 raptors were tallied, including Broad-winged Hawks. Minus one kettle of 20, most of the latter came in tiny groups of 2-4 (espressos?), often at pleasingly low heights as they recovered from being pushed against the lake. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, European Starling, Northern Flicker, Cedar Waxwing, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Indigo Bunting, Killdeer, Rock Pigeon, Barn Swallow, Chimney Swift, Black-throated Green Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Magnolia Warbler, Belted Kingfisher, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Black-capped Chickadee, Gray Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat, Common Nighthawk, and Least Sandpiper. Predictions: Very light NE winds for the day means birds may not be pushed as hard down to the lake shore but given the nice weather I suspect there will be some moving through the hawk watch site. ======================================================================== 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