Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 180 3421 8298 Osprey 0 7 24 Bald Eagle 0 6 88 Northern Harrier 0 69 272 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 839 4187 Cooper's Hawk 1 38 120 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 10 13 Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 5253 Red-tailed Hawk 2 36 171 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 112 737 Merlin 1 6 96 Peregrine Falcon 3 13 64 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: 217 4569 19323 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: 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: The day started overcast and with rain that stopped mid morning. The cloud reduced throughout the day, visibility improved and the temperature rose to 24c. A light to moderate wind remained generally from the south east. Raptor Observations: Mostly Turkey vultures (180) were seen today in small to medium groups. Sharp-shinned Hawks only managed 25 and the remainder very low numbers. No Northern Harriers today. It was good to see 3 Peregrine Falcons, including one that caught an unfortunate Blue Jay close to the tower. Non-raptor Observations: The Blue Jay migration continues with a healthy 21,400 counted today. 300 Tree Swallows were catching insects over the marsh until the sun broke through. Waterbird and duck numbers on the marsh increased today. Songbird numbers remain low. Fewer blackbirds were seen today. There was a good diversity of woodpeckers including a Red-headed. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95950021 Predictions: Tomorrows wind is similar to today, but there is no rain forecast. Cloudy but not overcast, so we may see more Turkey Vultures with hopefully some buteos within the kettles. We always welcome more falcons and maybe more American Kestrels will pass the tower. ======================================================================== 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 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/hbmo/hbmo-hawk-watch-fall-2021