Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 205 205 Osprey 0 12 12 Bald Eagle 0 63 63 Northern Harrier 1 105 105 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 1348 1348 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 25 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2082 2082 Red-tailed Hawk 0 74 74 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 333 333 Merlin 5 54 54 Peregrine Falcon 4 23 23 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: 28 4324 4324 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob , Stasso, Jacob Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank today's observers for their help 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: Consistent cloud cover was present throughout the day with rain arriving in the noon/afternoon hours, potentially hindering raptor movement. Wind was also consistently southerly, which may have discouraged buteo movement. Temperature was mid 20's with high humidity. Raptor Observations: Low raptor count overall with relatively low number of Sharp-Shinneds (15) as well as occasional Peregrine Falcon (4) and Merlin (5) appearances. Weather conditions likely discouraged raptor movement. Non-raptor Observations: There was high Tree Swallow (250) movement and high Blue Jay (450) movement, however this was low relative to past few days. Waterfowl variety continues to increase over marsh with species diversity of ducks becoming more rich. Heron and Egret numbers were relatively low today. 9 species of Warbler were present today. https://ebird.org/checklist/S94988359 Predictions: Heavy rains are expected tomorrow which will likely hamper raptor movements and raptor observations. This is quite unfortunate since strong northerly winds are expected tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jacob Stasso (jacobstasso@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