Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 77 214 214 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 36 138 138 Northern Harrier 22 167 168 Sharp-shinned Hawk 297 1951 1951 Cooper's Hawk 3 53 54 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 17436 22569 22569 Red-tailed Hawk 2 67 67 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 562 1185 1185 Merlin 3 49 49 Peregrine Falcon 8 31 31 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: 18446 26431 26433 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Nicole Shangi Observers: Chip Ogglesby, Hugh Kent, Isenhoff, Cindy, Klekner, Olga, Liz Kent, Padbury, Karen Visitors: We thank all our wonderful visitors and observers today including Olga, Karen, Noel, Cindy, Chip, John, and the group from Ojibway Nature Centre lead by Karen Cedar. We really needed all hands on deck today! Weather: We could not have asked for a better day on the tower today. The temperatures dropped significantly making it much more pleasant on the tower. The wind was very strong and northerly all day bringing in masses of hawks. Raptor Observations: HUGE migration of broad-winged hawks today. There were rivers of broad-wings in the sky. It was so amazing to see the hawks in good numbers today after we thought their migration was nearing the end. The weather played a huge role in their appearance today. There were also many harriers in the morning and kestrels and sharpies flying over all day. A good amount of peregrines and bald eagles as well! Non-raptor Observations: There weren't many non-raptor species seen today, as we were busy counting hawks and the strong winds probably kept many away. We had a pair of sandhill cranes fly over the marsh multiple times today which was a treat. https://ebird.org/checklist/S119210321 Predictions: Tomorrow looks like another beautiful day, and although getting late for broad-wings, we hope to see more large numbers tomorrow. If the wind is northerly, tomorrow would be a day I recommend a visit to the tower! ======================================================================== 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