Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 23 57 57 Osprey 1 7 7 Bald Eagle 4 6 6 Northern Harrier 7 16 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 63 98 98 Cooper's Hawk 6 12 12 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 85 98 98 Red-tailed Hawk 2 10 10 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 38 85 85 Merlin 0 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 4 5 5 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: 233 416 416 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Ian Woodfield, John Hall, Karen Padbury, Larry Ludwicki, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Great help today observing from Karen, Ian, Larry, Noel and John. Many visitors to the Tower today showed great interest in the Hawk Watch including Nicholas, Tiffany and Jen, Eric, Glenn and Kate. Weather: Unexpectedly overcast today (not the forecast), but wind light to moderate from the north. Temperature comfortable at around 20c. Good visibility but low cloud base. Raptor Observations: Broad-winged Hawks (85) arrived today flying through but no big kettles possible due the lack of thermals in an overcast sky. Next were Sharp-shinned Hawks (63) and American Kestrels (38). Others in lower numbers made a species count of 10 and a total of 233. Non-raptor Observations: Many warblers overflew us today, frustratingly without landing. However we did increase the warbler species count to 9, thanks to a mixed flock passing through the trees round the Tower late afternoon. Cape May Warbler and Blackburnian were new for the season, together with a Swainson's Thrush late in the day. Cedar Waxwing (335) numbers were again good together with many swallows passing by at a high level. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149482957 Predictions: Forecast is for north winds again and partly cloudy. Hopefully it will not be as overcast as today, giving the opportunity for thermals to form, helping along the Broad-winged Hawks. Expect more migration from Sharp-shinned Hawks and 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