Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1709 2156 2156 Osprey 3 16 16 Bald Eagle 9 80 80 Northern Harrier 22 146 146 Sharp-shinned Hawk 516 2764 2764 Cooper's Hawk 27 68 68 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 2320 4419 4419 Red-tailed Hawk 36 114 114 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 76 574 574 Merlin 4 87 87 Peregrine Falcon 8 41 41 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: 4730 10465 10465 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Chip Ogglesby, Ian Woodfield, Jim McCoy, Liz Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, Olga Klekner 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: Clear skies, good visibility and wind moderate from the north all day - great conditions for hawk migration. Temperature gradually rose from 15c to 23c through the day. Raptor Observations: A great day. Large numbers of Broad-winged Hawks (2320) some streaming and some kettling mostly close to the shore. Good numbers of Turkey Vultures (1709) migrating, together with Sharp-shinned Hawks (515). All species of falcon were seen with improving numbers of American Kestrel (76). A total of 11 species were seen today; good numbers of Northern Harrier (22), Red-tailed Hawk (36) and Cooper's Hawk (27). Non-raptor Observations: It was a busy day today, the Blue Jay migration stepped up a gear with 68,600 passing the tower. A good variety of songbirds were seen with American Goldfinch the most numerous (460) and two firsts for the season: Golden-crowned Kinglet and White-throated Sparrow. Waterbird numbers continue to decrease, but duck and American Coot (179) numbers continue to increase. The eBird list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95318978 Predictions: Tomorrow's forecast is similar to today, but with a light wind from the north east for most part of the day. Hopefully this will encourage similar raptor species and numbers as today to migrate, especially buteos. ======================================================================== 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