Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 77 77 Osprey 0 40 42 Bald Eagle 0 24 27 Northern Harrier 4 261 264 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1141 1143 Cooper's Hawk 0 22 24 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6937 6941 Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 11 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 575 578 Merlin 2 40 40 Peregrine Falcon 4 10 10 Unknown Accipitrine 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 1 1 Total: 16 9141 9160 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Chris Burris Observers: Visitors: A few. Weather: Moderate SW wind throughout creating updrafts off the cliff edge. Cloud cover near total (although high and thin at times). Temps 19C-22C. Light rain set in at 1230p EST and the wind died down about then. Raptor Observations: Low numbers overall, but 4 Peregrines put us into double-digits for the season. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors were generally scarce as well. eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274966353 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chris Burris ([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 -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
