Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 838 2991 4023 Osprey 0 0 61 Bald Eagle 18 32 161 Northern Harrier 4 76 463 Sharp-shinned Hawk 116 860 3004 Cooper's Hawk 8 59 130 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 22 27 Broad-winged Hawk 1 17 48946 Red-tailed Hawk 13 242 303 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 28 293 1365 Merlin 6 21 109 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 17 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1038 4618 58612 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Dave Brown Visitors: A few visitors, especially in mid-morning. Weather: Stiff, mostly NW winds throughout the day with variables clouds and a few brief sprinkles.Temps from 8C-11C. Raptor Observations: Good diversity, including the first Golden Eagle of the year (an extremely high adult that disappeared into the cloud), but surprisingly modest overall numbers. Non-raptor Observations: eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120159255 Predictions: Stiff winds are predicted -- the size and flavour of the flight will depend on the WNW-W-WSW balance. Straight W will be a problem. WSW could pull some Peregrines later in the day. ======================================================================== 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