Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 486 3241 8118 Osprey 1 7 24 Bald Eagle 0 6 88 Northern Harrier 2 69 272 Sharp-shinned Hawk 69 814 4162 Cooper's Hawk 2 37 119 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 10 13 Broad-winged Hawk 1 12 5253 Red-tailed Hawk 8 34 169 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 17 107 732 Merlin 0 5 95 Peregrine Falcon 1 10 61 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: 587 4352 19106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: We thank all today's observers for their efforts 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: Day started out foggy with low visibility but quickly cleared up to sunny skies. Winds shifted between southerly, soith-westerly, and south-easterly throughout the day, overall not helping raptor movement observation. Temperatures were consistent at low 20's C. Raptor Observations: Slow day for raptors were lower counts of Sharpies (69) and somewhat lower Turkey Vultures (486). Other raptor movement was low, however Red-tailed hawks were up at 8. A single Broad Winged made an appearance. Kestrels are still low but slightly higher today at 17. Non-raptor Observations: In terms of non-raptors, marsh birds and waterfowl have increased in both abundance and diversity, while songbird diversity and abundance was dramatically low. Blue Jay movement continues however, once again lower at around 12,000. Large amounts of Blackbird and Starling movement continues. https://ebird.org/checklist/S95866191 Predictions: Tomorrow it is expected to be rainy in the morning with it clearing up during the afternoon. Strong southerly winds are expected throughout the day, with both of these factors in combination possibly hampering any potential raptor movement. ======================================================================== 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