Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 74 74 Osprey 0 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 17 17 Northern Harrier 6 37 37 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 20 20 Cooper's Hawk 1 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 93 93 Red-tailed Hawk 2 29 29 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 23 126 126 Merlin 7 17 17 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 8 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: 42 428 428 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jacob Stasso Observers: Hugh Kent, Ian Woodfield, Liz Kent, Paul Pratt 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: Weather was cool compared to prior days, staying in the low 20s. Sky was entirely cloudy with a low ceiling, potentially allowing raptors to fly overhead. Light level was also lower. Winds shifted from Easterly, to South-easterly and then North-Easterly making raptor migration more favourable by the day's end. Raptor Observations: Day started off slow but then picked up with falcons towards mid day. Relatively high number of reported Merlins (7) as compared to prior days. American Kestrels also had good numbers going through from noon until mid day (23). Buteos and accipiters remained low but present. Resident Baldies and Osprey were present on marsh. Non-raptor Observations: Very large number of Tree Swallows were reported as they moved inn migratory flocks. Additionally, there was also a significant movement of warblers, with 18 species of Warblers being observed. No other major movements except for resident marsh birds. https://ebird.org/checklist/S94623648 Predictions: Tomorrow it is expected to be warmer and clearer. As of right now winds are expected to be primarily southerly and south-westerly throughout the afternoon, potentially disrupting raptor movements for tomorrow and lowering count numbers for that day. ======================================================================== 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