Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 33 51 16915 Osprey 0 0 67 Bald Eagle 2 29 223 Northern Harrier 3 16 613 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 8 2971 Cooper's Hawk 2 4 196 American Goshawk 0 0 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 5 155 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7118 Red-tailed Hawk 12 47 1018 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 10 Golden Eagle 1 15 82 American Kestrel 0 0 1213 Merlin 0 1 100 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 46 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: 58 176 30733 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: A couple of visitors today. Thanks to Tom B for hanging in to do a bit of a count today despite the very slow flight. Weather: Winds were light from the NE for the morning before backing to E and then SE and effectively ending the flight for the day. Temps were quite cool starting at 3C and getting to a high of 12C. Almost 100% cloud cover for the morning and then breaking out to pretty much clear skies for the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A small movement of raptors today with just 58 tallied. Tom had just a single Golden Eagle for the count period along with a few each of other species. Most of the count was TVs (33) and Redtails (12). Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. Predictions: It looks like Monday will start with rain for most of the morning before opening up to a mix of sun and cloud for the afternoon. Winds are forecast to be moderate to strong from the SW and then W which will most likely push any migrant raptors inland away from the lake shore and out of view of the hawk watch platform. ======================================================================== 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.
