Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 31, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 22 22 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 3 3 Northern Harrier 5 19 19 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 12 Red-tailed Hawk 0 40 40 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 8 8 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 12 107 107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Kiah Jasper Observers: Alessandra Wilcox, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: Thanks to Alessandra, Paul, Hugh and Kent for providing nice company during the watch. The bird banders also popped by for a visit in the afternoon. It was nice to see Josh stop by the tower again. We had 8 visitors who also showed interest in the hawkwatch. Weather: Wind starting off WNW, switching around to SW by the end of the observation. Cloud cover switching between 50% and 70% throughout. It was a hot day on the tower, with temperatures reaching 27 degrees C. Visibility was good during the watch (20+ km). Raptor Observations: It was a quiet day for raptors, though not too unexpected given the winds today. It was nice to see 5 Northern Harriers (including 2 grey ghosts) and 5 American Kestrels. Singles of Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks migrated by as well. Non-raptor Observations: It is evident that fall migration is underway, with decent numbers of American Goldfinches and Cedar Waxwings passing by. Our highlight was a nice Olive-sided Flycatcher that perched beside the tower. 4 warbler species were recorded, with the most common species being Cape May and Yellow-rumped. Bobolinks and two Semipalmated Plovers flew by during the morning as well. eBird link with sightings available here - https://ebird.org/checklist/S193439959 Predictions: The winds are predicted to shift from west to northwest mid morning, which will hopefully bring us more raptors. Currently the wind is meant to be coming from the north on Monday, so we should hopefully see a larger uptick in activity. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Kiah Jasper (kiahbirder@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