Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 38 569 569 Osprey 2 32 32 Bald Eagle 1 94 94 Northern Harrier 30 270 270 Sharp-shinned Hawk 183 4094 4094 Cooper's Hawk 8 60 60 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 56095 56095 Red-tailed Hawk 7 112 112 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 773 773 Merlin 0 80 80 Peregrine Falcon 4 18 18 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: 281 62197 62197 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Aldo Bertucci, Liz Kent, Peter Veighey Visitors: Thanks to Aldo, Peter, John and David and Jane for helping in recording and observing. Good to have a visit from Chip with a banded Northern Harrier and from Michelle and Nelsy after finishing their passerine banding session. Good to meet Sandra and Lynne and Ed and Lisa who took a great interest in the Hawk Watch. Weather: Wind was light, sometimes moderate from the south west. Partial cover of wispy high cloud all day with the temperature quickly rising in the morning to about 25c reducing to about 21c late afternoon. Visibility was good Raptor Observations: Sharp-shinned Hawks (183) again led the way with Turkey Vultures (38) and Northern Harriers (30) some way back. It seemed a good Harrier day with them floating by throughout the count. Unfortunately American Kestrels (8) continue with low counts. Red-tailed Hawks (7) are beginning to appear. Good Peregrine day with 4 seen, each flying like a fast jet across the marsh, strafing the odd unfortunate duck. Non-raptor Observations: Fewer ducks today but American Coot (72) numbers continue to increase. Good woodpecker day with 5 species seen. We tried hard for songbirds and managed to see with four Warbler Species including a Wilson's Warbler and three Vireo Species seen. Lower numbers of American Goldfinch (40) and Cedar Waxwing (29) today with Blue Jays (9) seemingly waiting in the wings for the inevitable big push. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S150437281 Predictions: A cloudy day is forecast with light winds from the south east. The temperature will be similar to today. I guess we will be getting a pretty similar mix to today, but hopefully with a few more American Kestrels. ======================================================================== 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