Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5 100 100 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 3 29 29 Northern Harrier 9 65 65 Sharp-shinned Hawk 514 604 604 Cooper's Hawk 5 13 13 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 3 362 362 Red-tailed Hawk 4 44 44 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 23 225 225 Merlin 6 41 41 Peregrine Falcon 1 16 16 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: 573 1506 1506 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Jim Bradshaw, Kitty Bradshaw, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: We thank today's observers for their help and those interested in the ongoing Hawk Count. Tomorrow is the Festival of Hawks and the Tower is CLOSED to the public, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Access to the Hawk Tower is limited to hawk counters and qualified observers only. Thank you for your understanding and involvement and please enjoy the many events and stands at the Festival of Hawks. Weather: Today was humid and hot reaching a high of 32c just after mid day. The wind was light from the south only increasing slightly late afternoon. The sky was clear, but hazy. Raptor Observations: Today marked the start of Sharp-shinned Hawk migration with the tap truly turned on giving a total of 514. There was a good mix of other species with American Kestrels at 22 and Northern Harriers at 9. Very few buteos with 3 Broad-winged Hawks and 4 Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Notable species today were the first Blue-headed Vireo and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Seven species of warbler were present. Cedar Waxing and American Goldfinch numbers were average, but hirundines were low. A single Trumpeter Swan flew into the marsh. There were good numbers of Great Egrets (75) and duck numbers are beginning to build. List is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94795918 Predictions: Tomorrow should be slightly cooler, but still sunny and the wind is moderate from the NORTH! This should be good for raptor migration and hopefully we will see many more buteos, especially Broad-winged Hawks ======================================================================== 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