Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1761 9369 10401
Osprey 0 0 61
Bald Eagle 17 88 217
Northern Harrier 8 201 588
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 1454 3598
Cooper's Hawk 9 111 182
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 46 92 97
Broad-winged Hawk 1 20 48949
Red-tailed Hawk 286 654 715
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 16 17 17
American Kestrel 0 428 1500
Merlin 0 37 125
Peregrine Falcon 4 20 33
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: 2172 12493 66487
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Chris Burris, Dave Brown, Mac McAlpine
Observers: Chris Burris, Dave Brown, Mac McAlpine, Matt Mills,
Matt Oswald, Peter Baker, Richard Skevington
Visitors:
Many visitors for a weekday -- offering a clue of how rare N winds of any
sort have been lately...
Weather:
6C and overcast to start, with temp rising into double digits accompanied
by much more sun later in the day. Winds were fairly modest, shifting from
NW to N to NE as the day progressed.
Raptor Observations:
Interesting day: highlights included another calurus Red-tailed at 938a EST
and quite a few Golden Eagles... many not more than twice tree top height
as they passed by.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of non-raptors about: Highlights included a reasonably low group of
Red-throated Loons heading toward the lake and several flocks of Evening
Grosbeaks, sometimes mixed with Cedar Waxwings. Partial eBird checklist
here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121413695
Predictions:
Winds begin E, switching to SE, with sun. Birds will probably be moving,
but don't expect big numbers near the lake.
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Report submitted by Dave Brown ([email protected])
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
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