Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 63 63 Osprey 0 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 17 17 Northern Harrier 1 30 30 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 18 18 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 5 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 93 93 Red-tailed Hawk 1 27 27 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 102 102 Merlin 2 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 6 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: 18 371 371 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent 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: Today the wind was light from the south. The temperature started at 21c and increased to a high of 30c mid afternoon. Cloud cover varied throughout the day, visibility was good all day Raptor Observations: Another day of low numbers but good variety. All 3 falcons were seen together with a Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawks and a single Red-tailed Hawk. There were reports of Broad-winged Hawks being seen at Ojibway, but we saw none. 7 Turkey Vultures were the biggest number. Non-raptor Observations: Still a good variety of warbler (10) and vireo (3) species, but in lower numbers. It was good to see Prothonotary Warbler, Wilson's Warbler and Northern Parula. There were greater numbers of American Goldfinch than Cedar Waxwing today. Hirundine numbers were lower. The first American Coots of the Fall were spotted on the marsh. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94523010 Predictions: Tomorrow's weather will be similar to today's but with wind from the south west. When will we see the migration begin? ======================================================================== 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-2021