Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5 103 103 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 6 95 95 Northern Harrier 4 115 116 Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 1203 1203 Cooper's Hawk 0 32 33 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4984 4984 Red-tailed Hawk 1 57 57 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 335 335 Merlin 1 36 36 Peregrine Falcon 1 21 21 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: 61 6988 6990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: John Winebrenner, Lisa Silvey, Liz Kent Visitors: A big thanks to John and Lisa for helping observe in the morning. It was another good day for visitors with a significant number able to see the Hawks that the Banders brought to the Tower. Thanks for all your interest. Weather: Wind generally from the south moderate initially then decreasing early afternoon, with temperature slowly rising from 22c to a max of 32c in the afternoon. A thin cloud covered most of the sky all day. Raptor Observations: Pretty similar mix to yesterday, but with lower numbers. It was good to see all the falcons, with a Peregrine passing by in the last hour. The banders brought a Sharp-shinned Hawk and an adult Red-tailed Hawk up to the tower much to the interest of the visitors present. There were a few Bald Eagles late in the day which moved through to the Northwest. Non-raptor Observations: Pretty standard day for this time in September, with 6 species of warbler, 2 vireo species and slightly reduced numbers of waterbirds on the Marsh. The low marsh water levels continue to pay dividends with a Wilson's Snipe and Short-billed Dowitcher seen. Hirundine numbers are reducing, but a few are still high up catching insects over the marsh. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118995773 Predictions: The forecast is for possible thunderstorms early on in the day followed by scattered clouds and a moderate westerly wind which has a northern component from midday. This may bring more buteos and other hawks, let's hope so as the Broad-wing Hawk window is closing.... ======================================================================== 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