Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 78 447 447 Osprey 1 13 13 Bald Eagle 0 71 71 Northern Harrier 2 124 124 Sharp-shinned Hawk 217 2248 2248 Cooper's Hawk 2 41 41 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2099 2099 Red-tailed Hawk 0 78 78 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 77 498 498 Merlin 9 83 83 Peregrine Falcon 3 33 33 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: 389 5735 5735 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Visitors: We thank today's observers for their help 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: Similar to yesterday, today was mostly sunny (some clouds) with temperatures starting in the mid teens and raising to the mid-high 20s. Wind fluctuated between southerly and souther-westerly with it dying down towards the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Another good day for Sharpies with species count reaching over 200 raptors throughout the day. It was also a good day for falcons with continuing high numbers of American Kestrel (77) and Merlin (9) during the mid morning and early afternoon. 3 Peregrines also made an appearance. Turkey vulture movement continues. Non-raptor Observations: Slow day for non-raptor diversity, with songbird diversity on the decline. Blue Jay movement remains high with today's number being approx. 7800. Waterfowl diversity remains high on the marsh and duck numbers continue to increase. Monarch numbers lower then yesterday's. First sparrow of the season has been reported woohooo! https://ebird.org/checklist/S95267629 Predictions: Temperatures tomorrow are expected to be similar, however less cloud cover is expected. Most importantly, winds are expected to be norther-easterly which could promote the currently low buteo movement. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jacob Stasso (jacobstasso@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