Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 76 76 Osprey 0 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 17 17 Northern Harrier 0 37 37 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 26 26 Cooper's Hawk 1 7 7 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 93 93 Red-tailed Hawk 0 29 29 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 130 130 Merlin 7 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 5 13 13 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: 25 453 453 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: We thank today's observers 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: A light wind remained in the south all day, with the temperature starting at 23c and rising to 29c by early afternoon. Visibility was slightly reduced by haze, but improved during the day. Cloud cover reduced during the morning but increased again by the end of the day Raptor Observations: Majority of raptors seen were falcons today, with a group of 3 peregrines performing aerobatics over the marsh before disappearing to the west. A good number of Merlins (7) were seen over the day. Sharp-shinned hawks were the second most numerous but with a relatively low total of 6. Overall Raptor numbers are still low at a total of 25 Non-raptor Observations: Bigger numbers of egrets and herons were on the marsh today, with a notable American Bittern flyby close to the tower. Cedar Waxwing and American Goldfinch numbers were higher, but hirundines were lower, as were Warblers with only 9 species seen. The eBird list can be viewed at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94667111. Predictions: It is forecast to be cloudy tomorrow with light winds from the north with a maximum of 23c. Hopefully this will improve conditions for thermal migration resulting in more sightings of buteos. ======================================================================== 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