Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 389 1694 6571 Osprey 2 5 22 Bald Eagle 0 3 85 Northern Harrier 3 55 258 Sharp-shinned Hawk 46 584 3932 Cooper's Hawk 3 29 111 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 9 12 Broad-winged Hawk 0 11 5252 Red-tailed Hawk 0 21 156 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 19 80 705 Merlin 2 5 95 Peregrine Falcon 2 4 55 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: 467 2500 17254 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Chris Craft, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman, Olga Klekner 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: Misty and overcast all day. Wind was light to moderate from the north east. The temperature remained in high teens and the humidity was 100% all day Raptor Observations: The low cloud level meant that we probably missed migrating raptors in the cloud. Turkey Vultures again ruled the day with 389 seen. Sharp-shinned Hawks followed with 46 and American Kestrels 19. All other species were below 5 in number, but it was good to see another single Red-shouldered Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays were slightly reduced at 8,700 and Tree Swallows significantly reduced at 50. Species numbers on the marsh are stable with 8 species of duck seen. Yellow-rumped are the most numerous warblers, with Pine and Blackpoll also seen. It was good to see a Marsh Wren in the reeds surrounding the Tower. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95694341 Predictions: Tomorrow may be less overcast but other aspects are less favourable; wind moderate from the south east and rain likely in the afternoon. Likely migration to be similar to today with Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned Hawks the most numerous. ======================================================================== 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