Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 21 124 124 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 7 102 102 Northern Harrier 18 133 134 Sharp-shinned Hawk 226 1429 1429 Cooper's Hawk 11 43 44 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 43 5027 5027 Red-tailed Hawk 8 65 65 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 239 574 574 Merlin 5 41 41 Peregrine Falcon 1 22 22 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: 579 7567 7569 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank all our visitors to the tower, everyone shows such an interest! Thanks to Chuck and Bob for bringing a banded sharpie and merlin to the tower to release today! Weather: The weather today was very nice throughout the day, and hot by the afternoon. The winds contained a northerly component all day which made for great hawk watching. Raptor Observations: The variety of hawks today was great including northern harriers, kestrels, red-tails, sharpies, merlins, broad-wings, a peregrine, bald eagles, Cooper's hawks, and turkey vultures. There was an incredible amount of American kestrels flying over the tower, with over 100 in one hour. Non-raptor Observations: There are still a good amount of warblers around which are a nice challenge when raptors are slow. We are seeing more waterfowl on the marsh, today we spotted 10 pintails flying over the marsh. https://ebird.org/checklist/S119050556 Predictions: Tomorrow should be slightly cooler with northerly winds in the morning. We are hoping for more broad-wings and more kestrels. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.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-2022