Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 170 310 310 Osprey 2 55 57 Bald Eagle 2 30 33 Northern Harrier 24 364 367 Sharp-shinned Hawk 93 1608 1610 Cooper's Hawk 3 36 38 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 124 7105 7109 Red-tailed Hawk 2 16 16 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 20 933 936 Merlin 0 61 61 Peregrine Falcon 0 17 17 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: 440 10539 10558 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Harold V. Observers: Michael Sandell Visitors: Thanks to Harold V for doing today's count with some help from Mike S. A few visitors today. Weather: Temp still very warm starting at 15C and getting to a high of 24C. Winds were light from the ENE and swinging around to SE for much of the day. Pretty much zero cloud cover for the count period. Raptor Observations: A smaller flight again today with 440 birds including TVs (170), Broadwings (124), Sharpies (124), N Harriers (24), Am Kestrels (20), Ospreys (2), Bald Eagles (2), Redtails (2) and Cooper's Hawks (3). Non-raptor Observations: Monarch count: 175 ======================================================================== 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.
