Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 7 8 Bald Eagle 0 9 9 Northern Harrier 11 51 51 Sharp-shinned Hawk 120 397 397 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 4 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 30 642 672 Red-tailed Hawk 4 20 20 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 26 320 321 Merlin 2 17 17 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 3 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 195 1470 1503 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Tom Bolohan Observers: Visitors: One visitor was noted today... M. Norville from Buffalo NY. Thanks to Tom B for sticking it out today to get a count done. Weather: Unfortunately, the current high pressure weather system setup over southwestern Ontario is not great for pushing the migrating raptors down to the Lake Erie shoreline. As a result, fewer birds pass the hawk watch so the flights are relatively small. Raptor Observations: Today's flight was just 195 birds with mostly Sharpies (120) and a small number of Broadwings (30) and Am Kestrels (26). A single Osprey today and a lone Peregrine that's a bit early in the season. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Sunday has forecasted ESE to SE winds once again which is basically the worst wind directions for raptor flights at Hawk Cliff. I suspect the total flight will be under triple digits. ======================================================================== 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.
