Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2022
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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 11 44 46
Bald Eagle 13 21 21
Northern Harrier 80 114 114
Sharp-shinned Hawk 228 627 630
Cooper's Hawk 4 17 17
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 15787 17878 17878
Red-tailed Hawk 7 7 7
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 139 533 542
Merlin 6 30 31
Peregrine Falcon 2 2 2
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: 16277 19273 19288
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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: Bill Smith, Brandon Holden, Keith Sealy, Michael Sandell,
Tom Bolohan, Tom Stewart, Tom Thomas
Visitors:
LOTS of visitors today to the observation knoll and a big thanks to
everyone who helped spotting birds in a tough sky.
Weather:
Winds moderate NE to start and much cooler at 9C then warming up to 21C.
Winds eventually went ENE and then E and finally SE to end the day. Almost
completely clear blue skies today made spotting the birds tough as they day
wore on.
Raptor Observations:
Great up-flight of Broadwings today with the bulk of today's count coming
in the hours before noon. The BWs especially just got higher and higher
till we could no longer see them passing overhead and I'm sure we missed
thousands if not 10s of thousands migrating through the region today.
Non-raptor Observations:
Some decent non-raptors around today... check out the following eBird
checklist for details:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S118812580
Predictions:
The powers that be are forecasting moderate SW winds for Friday which may
bring some birds like Osprey, N. Harriers, Am. Kestrels and Bald Eagles
along the cliff edge and possibly an early Peregrine.
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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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