Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1068 6009 6377 Osprey 0 4 28 Bald Eagle 7 50 118 Northern Harrier 6 180 302 Sharp-shinned Hawk 116 1640 3321 Cooper's Hawk 20 87 113 Northern Goshawk 2 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 59 91 92 Broad-winged Hawk 1 125 6312 Red-tailed Hawk 127 430 434 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 3 5 5 American Kestrel 4 281 828 Merlin 3 24 55 Peregrine Falcon 3 13 38 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: 1419 8945 18029 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Keith Sealy, Matt Oswald Visitors: Thanks to Chris B, Matt O and Keith S for helping get today's count done along with a couple of visitors from Burlington who also helped spot the birds today. Weather: Temps ranged from 7C-10C. An odd wind layer cake started the day: N/NE low, but with SW/W cloud flow up higher. Eventually things swung to more or less NE and the cloud cover diminished – meaning that the raptor-types flew increasingly HIGH as the day progressed. Consequently, even with multiple pairs of eyes squinting hard, birds were undercounted. Raptor Observations: Nevertheless, just over 1400 individuals were counted, and variety was good: another 3 Golden Eagles (all juvies), a late Broad-winged Hawk, and a few more Peregrine Falcons. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Common Loon, Canada Goose, Double-crested Cormorant, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Horned Lark. Predictions: Wednesday is looking to be wet to start and even once it dries out winds will be from the SW. ======================================================================== 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