Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 6 23 25 Bald Eagle 0 19 22 Northern Harrier 40 95 98 Sharp-shinned Hawk 230 573 575 Cooper's Hawk 0 13 15 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 480 6631 6635 Red-tailed Hawk 0 5 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 97 285 288 Merlin 2 20 20 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3 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 Total: 855 7667 7686 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Harold V. Observers: Michele Carnerie, Tom Stewart Visitors: Thanks to Harold V, Michele C and Tom S for helping to do today's count. Weather: Continuing very warm weather for mid September starting at 14C and getting to a high of 25C. Winds were light to moderate from the ENE to E and then around to ESE. Not a lot of cloud cover making finding the birds difficult. Raptor Observations: A total of 855 raptors but only 6 different species...with the bulk being Broadwings (480), Sharpies (230) and Am Kestrels (97). Other raptors included Osprey (6), N. Harrier (40) and Merlin (2). Non-raptor Observations: Monarch count: 85 ======================================================================== 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 -- 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.
