Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 13 137 137 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 0 102 102 Northern Harrier 3 145 146 Sharp-shinned Hawk 74 1654 1654 Cooper's Hawk 4 50 51 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5133 5133 Red-tailed Hawk 0 65 65 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 14 623 623 Merlin 2 46 46 Peregrine Falcon 1 23 23 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: 111 7985 7987 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent Visitors: We thank John and Linda for visiting us on this rather quiet day! Weather: The weather on the tower was windy and gusty all day from the southwest. At midday we had a thunderstorm roll through Holiday Beach. After this, the temperatures warmed up. Raptor Observations: There were much less raptors today, possibly due to the weather. We still managed to spot some sharpies, kestrels, northern harriers, merlins and a peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: The weather kept the non-raptors hunkered down most of the day. After the rainstorm, we spotted a few warblers. There were also more waterfowl on the marsh today with wigeon, American coot, pintail and more. There were also much less blue jays than yesterday, yet we still managed to count 13,000. https://ebird.org/checklist/S119155165 Predictions: Tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week, temperatures are cooling slightly (much to our relief). We hope this brings more hawks our way especially if the winds are in our favour! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.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-2022