Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1530 1530 8714 Osprey 1 1 12 Bald Eagle 4 4 256 Northern Harrier 22 22 340 Sharp-shinned Hawk 292 292 4138 Cooper's Hawk 10 10 102 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 7 8 Broad-winged Hawk 18 18 65677 Red-tailed Hawk 69 69 245 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 189 189 1581 Merlin 4 4 63 Peregrine Falcon 2 2 54 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: 2148 2148 81190 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Cindy Isenhoff, Cramer, Donny Moore, Jacob Stasso, John Hall, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Huge thanks to observers Cindy, Cramer, Donny, Juliette, John, Jacob and Noel for their excellent spotting skills. It was nice to see Mike on the tower together with all the other visitors who took a great interest in the Hawk Watch and birds on the Marsh. Weather: Moderate to strong North winds today! Partially overcast all day with temperatures in the mid to high teens. Low humidity gave us clear visibility. Great conditions for Hawk watching! Raptor Observations: Steady flows all day of Turkey Vulture and Sharp-shinned Hawk gave us totals of 1530 and 292 respectively. A late rush of American Kestrel meant that we ended up with a total of 189 for the day. Buteos are starting to appear in greater numbers with 69 Red-tailed Hawks and our first look at numbers of Red-shouldered Hawks (7). Broad-winged Hawks are diminishing now with only 18 seen today. A good species count of 12. Non-raptor Observations: Today was a duck day with 7 species seen with first of the season Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal. Duck numbers are slowly starting to build. It will be interesting to see what numbers we get with the marsh water level being so low. Blackbirds are slowly increasing with more Red-winged Blackbirds (425) flying by but songbird numbers were really low with Yellow-rumped the only warbler. New for the list was a single Trumpeter Swan. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119802058 Predictions: Similar to today with moderate wind from the NE. Clearer skies are likely. Hopefully we will have more of the same as today, but with increasing numbers across the board including 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-2022