Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 205 205 Osprey 0 12 12 Bald Eagle 0 63 63 Northern Harrier 0 105 105 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1351 1351 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 25 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2082 2082 Red-tailed Hawk 0 74 74 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 334 334 Merlin 2 56 56 Peregrine Falcon 0 23 23 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: 6 4330 4330 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank today's observers for their help 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: Day was consistent rain with south westerly wind, thereby hindering raptor movements. Temperature was a consistent 10 C. Cloud cover also created a low ceiling which reduced vertical visibility. Rain also lead to reduced horizontal visibility. Raptor Observations: Raptor movements were extremely low, likely due to unfavourable weather conditions. A few Sharp Shinneds were observed in the morning hours while low Merlin movement occurred in the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: Nonraptor count was also low, likely due to weather conditions, with low Warbler counts, no Monarch observations, and lower marsh resident numbers. However, an increase in the diversity of waterfowl continues on the marsh. https://ebird.org/checklist/S95064163 Predictions: Tomorrow the current rain storm is expected to end, with warm and sunny conditions returning. The wind is also expected to be westerly instead of today's south westerly. Hopefully these conditions encourage raptor movement unlike today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jacob Stasso (jacobstasso@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