Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 124 124 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 0 102 102 Northern Harrier 9 142 143 Sharp-shinned Hawk 151 1580 1580 Cooper's Hawk 3 46 47 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 106 5133 5133 Red-tailed Hawk 0 65 65 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 35 609 609 Merlin 3 44 44 Peregrine Falcon 0 22 22 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: 307 7874 7876 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank Linda for her help counting raptors, blue jays, and other passerines today. Weather: This morning started with some westerly winds and a few hundred broad-wings were counted. Throughout the day the winds became more southerly and clouds began to accumulate resulting in some strong winds. Raptor Observations: A few hundred broad-wings were recorded earlier in the day and sharpies were recorded throughout the day. Kestrels and a few merlins were also spotted as well as a few harriers that flew over the tower. Today we recorded much less raptors than yesterday, possibly due to high winds and storm clouds which arrived later in the day. Non-raptor Observations: Today was a good day for warblers with around 10 species counted including beautiful black-throated greens and northern parulas. There are also more waterfowl arriving including northern pintails, American wigeons and blue-winged teal. Today was the biggest day this season for blue jays, with a whopping 48,000 birds! A new species today was a common loon heard calling on the marsh! Predictions: Hopefully tomorrow is the last super hot day of the season. We hope northerly winds allow us to observe the last of the broad-wing migration. ======================================================================== 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