Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 165 493 944 Osprey 1 4 64 Bald Eagle 0 5 45 Northern Harrier 15 33 422 Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 111 1865 Cooper's Hawk 3 8 51 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7109 Red-tailed Hawk 2 11 40 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 8 19 986 Merlin 0 0 68 Peregrine Falcon 6 10 27 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: 244 696 11628 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Harold V. Observers: Su Ross-Redmond, Tom Bolohan Visitors: Quite a few visitors today. Thanks to Harold, Tom and Su for getting today's count done for the day. Weather: Cloud cover never exceeded 10% for the count period. Temp started at 17C getting to a high of 26C. Winds were basically light from the S all day. Raptor Observations: Today's flight was typical given the S winds with a total of 244 birds. Highlights today included another 6 Peregrines. Non-raptor Observations: Monarch count: 45 Predictions: Looks like a vert similar forecast of S winds for Sunday so likely a similar flight to 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.
