Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2021
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 1 1
Turkey Vulture 4323 12556 14805
Osprey 3 11 62
Bald Eagle 17 181 360
Northern Harrier 42 227 593
Sharp-shinned Hawk 150 1783 3009
Cooper's Hawk 39 136 169
Northern Goshawk 1 11 11
Red-shouldered Hawk 138 159 161
Broad-winged Hawk 2 9 23656
Red-tailed Hawk 606 760 829
Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2
Golden Eagle 5 16 16
American Kestrel 10 473 1195
Merlin 2 43 81
Peregrine Falcon 0 59 111
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 2 3
Total: 5338 16429 45064
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Chris Burris, Dave Brown
Observers: Chris Burris, Dave Brown, Eric Jeffery, Jim Bradshaw,
Keith Sealy, Kitty Bradshaw, Mac McAlpine, Steve Thorpe,
Tom Bolohan
Visitors:
Lots of visitors today and great to have the help spotting the birds.
Thanks to Chris B, Tom B, Mac, Eric, Steve, Ken, Jim, Kitty, Keith and
several others for their help today to get the count done.
Weather:
A bit of a strange day weatherwise with multi-layered cloud cover that
initially was so low that birds were disappearing into the clouds.
Eventually the cloud deck lifted and the birds went up with it. Temps were
much cooler starting at 4C and only getting to a high of 7C by
midafternoon. Winds were light for the day initially from the NW then very
light from the N for the remainder of the count period.
Raptor Observations:
Despite the lack of wind to push them down to the lake there was a pretty
good flight today with a good portion of it right overhead though going
higher and higher as the day progressed. Species variety was good with a
total of 13 different species and the total tally was 5338 for the day.
A single N. Goshawk was able to almost sneak past before we got a look at
it and other highlights were a number of Golden Eagles(5) one which was low
and close enough to photograph. Today was the best so far for
Red-shouldered Hawks (138) and Redtails (606) have definitely started to
make their move and head for warmer climes.
Very few falcons today but good numbers of Cooper's Hawks (39) and N.
Harriers (42) a number of which were adult/immature males.
Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptors included: Common Loon, Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Herring
Gull, American Crow, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, European Starling,
Mourning Dove, White-throated Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy
Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Black-capped Chickadee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Brown-headed Cowbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, American Robin,
Hermit Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Purple Finch, Eastern Towhee,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, and Winter Wren.
Predictions:
Saturday is not looking particularily promising with very light winds
swinging around from N to W to SW quite quickly which will spread the
flight inland.
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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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