Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 393 1269 1269 Osprey 0 9 9 Bald Eagle 7 178 178 Northern Harrier 14 248 249 Sharp-shinned Hawk 283 2824 2824 Cooper's Hawk 4 70 71 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 313 57123 57123 Red-tailed Hawk 0 83 83 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 69 1321 1321 Merlin 0 57 57 Peregrine Falcon 4 41 41 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: 1087 63223 63225 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Jim McCoy, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank all of our visitors to the tower today including Jim, and John. we appreciate all the nice visitors that keep us company on the tower and help us spot birds! Weather: The weather today was quite nice. It was partly cloudy all day with weaker winds than yesterday but still strong and northerly enough to bring in some raptors. The wind was westerly all day with a slight northern component. Raptor Observations: We were surprised to see more broad-wings today! Though not in as high numbers as last Friday, we counted around 300 over the tower and to the north. The turkey vulture migration is slowly starting to heat up, we had multiple streams of around 50 vultures, some low to the tower for a good view. We also had many sharpies and kestrels, with some northern harriers, peregrines and bald eagles. Non-raptor Observations: There were a few more passerines flitting around the trees today due to the weaker winds. We observed our first orange-crowned kinglet of the season! A few other warblers were around as well as some waterfowl. We are hoping to see more waterfowl species soon. Over 10,000 blue jays were counted again today, with no sign of slowing down. https://ebird.org/checklist/S119535046 Predictions: Tomorrow's winds should have a stronger north component and partly cloudy like today. There is a chance for more broad-wing kettles and we could use as many eyes as we can to count raptors! ======================================================================== 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