Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 141 451 451 Osprey 3 58 60 Bald Eagle 7 37 40 Northern Harrier 22 386 389 Sharp-shinned Hawk 144 1752 1754 Cooper's Hawk 5 41 43 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7105 7109 Red-tailed Hawk 13 29 29 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 31 964 967 Merlin 7 68 68 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: 374 10913 10932 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Harold V. Observers: Dave Brown, Ken Wootton, Tom Stewart Visitors: Thanks to Harold V for doing today's count with help from Dave B, Ken W, Tom S and several others. Weather: Today's weather was still too warm and the pure blue skies made spotting any birds nearly impossible. Temp started at 11C and got to a high of 25C. Winds were actually better than expected from the NE at least for the morning before switching to ENE and finally from the SE. Raptor Observations: Almost the same flight of birds as yesterday with 374 tallied. Mostly Sharpies (144) and TVs (141) along with Am Kestrels (31), Merlins (7), Redtails (13), a single Red-shoulder, Cooper's Hawks (5), Ospreys (3), Bald Eagles (7) and N Harriers (22). Non-raptor Observations: Monarch count: 55 ======================================================================== 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.
