Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 13 34 34 Osprey 2 6 6 Bald Eagle 0 2 2 Northern Harrier 5 9 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 35 35 Cooper's Hawk 1 6 6 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 7 13 13 Red-tailed Hawk 4 8 8 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 18 47 47 Merlin 3 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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: 71 183 183 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Liz Kent Visitors: Thanks to Bob and Neil for helping out with observing. It was good to see Corinne, Grace and Bruce once again on the Tower. It was also good to meet Cindy and Steve from Ohio and Mike and Jessica. All took a great interest in the Hawk Watch and the birds on the Marsh. Weather: Overcast all day with the wind light to moderate from the north. Temperature was comfortable around 20c. Visibility was good all day, but cloud base was low. Raptor Observations: Numbers are growing with 71 seen today. Sharp-shinned Hawks and American Kestrels lead with 18 each. It was good to see more Broad-winged Hawk (7) and Northern Harrier (5). A couple of small mixed kettles included mainly Turkey Vultures (13) with others mixed in. Non-raptor Observations: Good number of new species for the season including Black-throated Green Warbler, Green-winged Teal, American Widgeon, Sandhill Crane, Wilson's Snipe and Greater Yellowlegs. Cedar Waxwings (337) lead the pack in numbers. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149379665 Predictions: The wind remains in the north tomorrow. Combined with scattered clouds and good visibility should continue to produce greater numbers of Hawks. Broad-wing Hawk numbers should increase but it is difficult to predict when or if the big kettles will arrive. It is only the start of the migration period. ======================================================================== 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