Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 84 184 184 Osprey 5 12 12 Bald Eagle 24 53 53 Northern Harrier 30 95 95 Sharp-shinned Hawk 351 955 955 Cooper's Hawk 8 21 21 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1693 2055 2055 Red-tailed Hawk 26 70 70 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 83 308 308 Merlin 4 45 45 Peregrine Falcon 2 18 18 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: 2310 3816 3816 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Anne Bell, Bob Pettit, Chuck Sharbaugh, Claude Radley, Donny Moore, Jacob Stasso, Jeremy Bensette, Jerry DeMarco, Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw, Larry Ludwicki, Liz Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, Noel Herdman Visitors: We thank today's observers for their help, it was great to have a total of 14 observers involved in the count throughout the day. Thanks to the visitors to the park for their interest today at the Festival of Hawks and we hope we were able to involve you in the migration spectacle. Again tomorrow, 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: There was a brisk wind from the north all day with few clouds and good visibility. Temperatures rose from 19c to 27c throughout the day Raptor Observations: The north wind brought good numbers of Broad-winged Hawks (1693) generally passing at a high level, sometimes forming small to medium size kettles. There were also good numbers of Sharp-shinned Hawks (351). American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures were in the 80's. A good variety of species was seen today (11) with most raptors passing at higher altitudes. The Turkey Vulture migration seems to be beginning. Non-raptor Observations: Vireo and warbler numbers were down, apart from Yellow-rumped warbler at 13. It was good to see 4 species of Woodpecker including Red-headed. American goldfinch numbers (170) were good with fewer Cedar Waxwing (17). Hirundine numbers were low. More varieties of ducks are being seen on the marsh, but Great Egret and Double-crested Cormorant numbers are lower. Blue Jay migration seems to be starting with about 300 seen today. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94849730 Predictions: Tomorrow is predicted to be a sunny day similar to today, but with the wind from the south east. It is likely that the numbers of migrating buteos will be less than today, but hopefully the sharp-shinned Hawk and American Kestrel migration will be maintained at similar or better levels. ======================================================================== 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