Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1888 3571 3939 Osprey 1 3 27 Bald Eagle 13 35 103 Northern Harrier 50 153 275 Sharp-shinned Hawk 129 1253 2934 Cooper's Hawk 13 50 76 Northern Goshawk 2 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 16 24 25 Broad-winged Hawk 6 124 6311 Red-tailed Hawk 213 233 237 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 13 266 813 Merlin 3 17 48 Peregrine Falcon 5 10 35 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: 2352 5741 14825 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Tom Bolohan Visitors: Thanks to Chris B and Tom B for doing today's count. Weather: Temps ranged from 8C-17C. Winds were steady and rather strong – around 30 km/h – from the ENE. Clouds were essentially absent in the area throughout the count period. Raptor Observations: It wasn’t an easy day: The easterly component to the wind and zero cloud cover kept most birds high and often difficult to spot and track in the blue. That said, overall numbers (over 1400) and variety (13 of 15 regular species) was impressive – including a Northern Goshawk overhead at 1120a and four Peregrines (1131p, 1224p, 120p, 154p and 230p) Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Canada Goose, Herring Gull, American Crow, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Northern Flicker, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin, Northern Flicker, Hairy Woodpecker, Hermit Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Lapland Longspur. Predictions: Not the best winds for Monday.. forecast to be ESE winds which tends to push birds inland away from 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