Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 204 204 Osprey 0 12 12 Bald Eagle 0 63 63 Northern Harrier 2 104 104 Sharp-shinned Hawk 267 1331 1331 Cooper's Hawk 4 25 25 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2082 2082 Red-tailed Hawk 2 74 74 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 333 333 Merlin 1 49 49 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 19 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 285 4296 4296 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Olga Klekner Visitors: We thank today's observers for their help and those interested in the ongoing Hawk Count. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, access to the top level of Hawk Tower is limited to hawk counters and qualified observers only. The 2nd and lower levels are open to the public practising COVID-19 safe precautions (social distancing). Thank you for your understanding and involvement. Weather: It was overcast with rain mid morning. The wind remained from the south east all day and the temperature rose to a muggy 27c at midday Raptor Observations: Mostly all Sharp-shinned Hawks today (267) with very small numbers of American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine, Northern Harrier and Red-tailed Hawk. Majority of Sharp-shins passed relatively close to the tower, others further to the north. Falcons generally followed the shoreline. Non-raptor Observations: Good numbers of Tree Swallows (192) were hawking over the marsh, Blue Jay numbers (3280) increased again. Warbler and vireo numbers continue to diminish. More varieties of duck are being seen on the marsh but are hard to spot amongst the large patches of marsh plants still present. A good number of Northern Flickers (16) were seen today heading west. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94955261 Predictions: With moderate wind from the south and periods of rain possible, tomorrow at best may produce a few more Sharp-shinned Hawks. Doesn't look good for buteos though. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/hbmo/hbmo-hawk-watch-fall-2021