Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1025 4877 4877 Osprey 0 17 17 Bald Eagle 2 82 82 Northern Harrier 31 203 203 Sharp-shinned Hawk 219 3348 3348 Cooper's Hawk 3 82 82 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 130 5241 5241 Red-tailed Hawk 10 135 135 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 39 625 625 Merlin 2 90 90 Peregrine Falcon 6 51 51 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: 1468 14754 14754 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Hugh Kent, Hugh KentLi, Klekner, Olga, Liz Kent Visitors: We especially thank all today's observers for their great effort today 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: Today was sunny with no cloud cover and temperatures rising from 10 degrees Celsius inn the morning to mid-20's in the afternoon. Winds started as northerly early in the morning but quickly shifted to southerly/south-easterly, potentially pushing migrating raptors outside of optimal viewing range. Visibility was good. Raptor Observations: Today was another good day for Turkey Vulture (1025), Northern Harrier (31), and Sharpie (219) movements. Broad winged hawk movement was also present but at lower numbers then yesterday (130). Falcon movements were present but low except for Peregrines which saw 6 observations. Red-tailed movement and Cooper's hawk movement was also presennt. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptor count was diverse with diverse warbler species and some diversity in ducks although waterfowl numbers were lower then usual. Blue Jay migration continues with approx. 27700 observed, with blackbird movements also being present. First Yellow-bellied Sapsucker reported. Monarch numbers are consistent at 42 for today. Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S95404244 Predictions: Sun and temperature conditions are expected to be the same tomorrow, with southerly/souther-westerly winds present throughout the day. Hopefully buteo movements will continue despite this wind and falcons reappear. ======================================================================== 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