Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 85 654 654 Osprey 0 32 32 Bald Eagle 3 97 97 Northern Harrier 9 279 279 Sharp-shinned Hawk 147 4241 4241 Cooper's Hawk 2 62 62 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 56 56151 56151 Red-tailed Hawk 4 116 116 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 37 810 810 Merlin 2 82 82 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 19 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: 346 62543 62543 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Nicole Shangi, Noel Herdman Visitors: Big thanks to Nicole, Matt, Noel and Juliette for their help in observing and recording. It was nice to meet Mike, John and Sally and Cindy and Ron. Thanks for your interest in the Hawk Watch. Weather: Wind was light to moderate from the south east, with variable cloud cover of some solid and some wispy cloud. Temperature gradually rose from 22c to 28c early afternoon. Visibility was good throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Sharp-shinned Hawk (147) took the top spot with Turkey Vultures (85) slowly ramping up their numbers. There were a few Broad-winged Hawk (56) stragglers mostly hanging around with the Turkey Vultures. American Kestrel (37) numbers improved from yesterday and Northern Harriers (9) were a lot less. The remainder of ten species each numbered below 10. Non-raptor Observations: Somebody has slightly turned the Blue Jay (604) tap towards on today with a few flocks passing by. Ducks are still around, but in slightly lower numbers. A similar mix of Warblers as yesterday with Northern Parula and Wilson's Warbler again seen. Indigo Bunting was a new species for the season. Monarch Butterfly numbers increased a bit today with 84 seen. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S150508092 Predictions: A sunny day with light to moderate winds from the east is forecast tomorrow. Likely we will get a similar mix as today, but will the Turkey Vulture migration start to ramp up together with Blue Jays? ======================================================================== 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