Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 7905 8273 Osprey 0 6 30 Bald Eagle 0 67 135 Northern Harrier 4 234 356 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1751 3432 Cooper's Hawk 0 112 138 Northern Goshawk 0 9 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 395 396 Broad-winged Hawk 0 126 6313 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2199 2203 Rough-legged Hawk 1 13 13 Golden Eagle 0 28 28 American Kestrel 0 289 836 Merlin 2 32 63 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 40 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: 9 13181 22265 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for hanging in today to see what there was to count. Hopefully, there'll be more birds coming down the pipe by the end of the week. Weather: Temps ranged from 5C-6C. Winds were modest from the NE, then N. Cloud cover was 100% Raptor Observations: Despite favourable winds, there wasn’t much left in the pipe after a great weekend: Just 9 raptors over 5 hours. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors were much more numerous, and included: Canada Goose, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Northern Cardinal, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and American Pipit, Mourning Dove, Cedar Waxwing, Tundra Swan, Evening Grosbeak (another 75 or so), and American Woodcock (perhaps the same bird from the day before... flushed from the side of the road). Predictions: They're forecasting moderate W winds for Tuesday which won't help with the migration through the hawk watch area. ======================================================================== 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