Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 95 95 Osprey 1 59 59 Bald Eagle 7 66 66 Northern Harrier 6 83 83 Sharp-shinned Hawk 157 1411 1411 Cooper's Hawk 2 14 14 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 80 4502 4502 Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 12 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 110 943 943 Merlin 0 38 38 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 363 7239 7239 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Carol Parafenko, Keith Sealy, Mac McAlpine, Tom Stewart Visitors: Thanks to Chris, Tom S, Keith, Carol and Mac for doing today's count. Weather: Temp was cooler to start at 10C and getting to a high of 23C. Winds were light from mostly SW and W. Raptor Observations: A total of 363 birds passed through the hawk watch area today. Non-raptor Observations: Some passerines were reported today including...Blue Jays, Cedar Waxwings, House and Carolina Wren,Northern Flicker, Gray Catbird, Palm Warbler. Downy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Canada Geese, Blackburnian Warbler. Bay-breasted Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, WB Nuthatch and 30 Sandhill Cranes. ======================================================================== 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