Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 13 16 Bald Eagle 3 20 22 Northern Harrier 1 41 46 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 16 17 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 391 391 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 130 157 Merlin 1 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 14 618 656 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Chris B for doing today's count. No visitors today. Weather: Temps ranged from 18C to 23C. The wind began as modest W, shifted to NW, and back to W again, about 10 to 15 km/h with occasional gusts. Complete overcast eventually gave way to 30% cloud. Raptor Observations: The day could be best summarized as high hopes, but no apple pie: Only 14 raptors, including a handful of American Kestrels and a lone Broad-winged Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included: Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Indigo Bunting, Killdeer, Rock Pigeon, Barn Swallow, Chimney Swift, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal, Cliff Swallow, Great Blue Heron, Bank Swallow, Semipalmated Plover, and Common Tern. ======================================================================== 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