Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2023
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 2 48 48
Bald Eagle 6 78 78
Northern Harrier 33 235 235
Sharp-shinned Hawk 602 2553 2553
Cooper's Hawk 4 21 21
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 7071 26237 26237
Red-tailed Hawk 3 27 27
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 249 766 766
Merlin 13 36 36
Peregrine Falcon 1 11 11
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: 7984 30013 30013
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Dave Brown
Observers: Adam Timpf, Cary Graham, Ches Caister, Dana Latour,
Kitty Bradshaw, Mac McAlpine, Matt Oswald,
Quinten Wiegersma, Ronnie Goodhand, Su Ross-Redmond,
Tom Bolohan, Tom Stewart
Visitors:
Lots of visitors out today to enjoy a great flight. A big thank you to the
many observers who joined us on the observation knoll to help with today's
count.
Weather:
A great day weather wise for raptor migration with lots of clouds and
obviously some good thermals. Winds stayed moderate from the NW for the
entire count period. Temp started at 11C and got to a high of 20C.
Raptor Observations:
Total birds today was 7,984. Most of the flight was Broadwings (7,071)
along with good numbers again of Sharpies (602) and Am Kestrels (249).
Other species today included another Peregrine that almost snuck past and a
couple of Osprey that crossed through quite high. Northern Harriers (33)
put on a show today with many flying past just above the soy beans in the
field out front and at least one was noted as an adult male. Several
Merlins (13) were also spotted zipping past along with a few Cooper's Hawks
(4) and even some very high flying Bald Eagles (6) that we deemed countable
(ie. not local).
Non-raptor Observations:
The non-raptors today included Canada Geese, Common Loon, Ring-billed
Gulls, Herring Gulls, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flickers, Downy
woodpecker, Gray Catbirds, Ruby-throadted Hummingbirds, Blue Jays,
Philadelphia Vireo, American Crow, Red-breasted and White-breasted
Nuthatch, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinches,
Blackburnian Warbler, Black-Throated Blue Warbler and Indigo Bunting.
Predictions:
Tuesday's forecast is for NW winds to start the day but backing to the SW
by noon or so. I suspect raptors will be on the move but if the wind backs
around to SW they will potentially be pushed inland away from the hawk
watch.
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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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