Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 250 2831 3282
Osprey 2 6 66
Bald Eagle 1 19 59
Northern Harrier 4 72 461
Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 355 2109
Cooper's Hawk 0 21 64
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 9
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 7112
Red-tailed Hawk 15 43 72
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 7 7
American Kestrel 1 190 1157
Merlin 2 11 79
Peregrine Falcon 0 25 42
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 0 1
Total: 326 3589 14521
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Harold V.
Observers: Cary Graham, Dave Brown, Ken Wootton, Su Ross-Redmond,
Tom Bolohan
Visitors:
A few visitors today but unfortunately, not much to see. Thanks to Harold,
Tom B, Tom S, Su, Ken and Carey for helping with todays count.
Weather:
The winds were promising BUT it was too damp and in fact it lightly rained
on us a couple of times. There was a lot of cloud cover for most of the
count period. Temp started at 9C and got to a high of 19C. Pressure was
steady.
Raptor Observations:
Not much of a flight today with just 326 birds tallied the bulk of which
were TVs (250) and Sharpies (51). Also noted were Osprey (2), singles of
Bald Eagle and Am Kestrel, a couple of Merlins, a few Redtails (15) and N
Harriers (4).
Non-raptor Observations:
On the other hand the passerines were really moving through with a ton of
sparrows around the viewing platform and along the road including
Lincoln's, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned, Song and a few Juncos.
Several warbler species were seen again today with multiple Northern
Parula, male and female Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Palm and
lots of Yellow-rumped. At least a couple of Blue-headed Vireos and a ton of
RC Kinglets with a few GC Kinglets thrown in. Also starting to get small
flocks of E. Bluebirds moving through. A very vocal Raven flew low right
over the viewing platform headed west.
Predictions:
Watch the forecast for the coming week as the models are predicting NW, NE
and E winds across the region for a few days. If this pans out the timing
would be very good for the first good push of Redtails, Red-shoulders and
Golden Eagles (we've already seen several go through).
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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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