Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 77 77 Osprey 2 40 42 Bald Eagle 0 24 27 Northern Harrier 5 257 260 Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 1137 1139 Cooper's Hawk 2 22 24 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6937 6941 Red-tailed Hawk 1 11 11 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 573 576 Merlin 4 38 38 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6 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: 32 9125 9144 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Tom B for doing today's count. Weather: Lots of sunshine to start the morning with cloud building in to full overcast by late morning. Temps started at 12C and got to a high of 24C. Winds were light from the E for the first couple of hours before swinging to SE. Raptor Observations: A very small and sporadic flight today with just 32 birds.. mostly Sharpies (15) and N. Harriers (5) along with some Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Am Kestrels and Merlins and a lone Redtail. Non-raptor Observations: No report for non-raptors today. ======================================================================== 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.
