Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 47 78 78 Osprey 3 7 7 Bald Eagle 27 74 74 Northern Harrier 10 52 53 Sharp-shinned Hawk 138 155 155 Cooper's Hawk 3 14 15 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 3361 3611 3611 Red-tailed Hawk 14 40 40 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 67 187 187 Merlin 4 12 12 Peregrine Falcon 8 14 14 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: 3682 4244 4246 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Karen Padbury, Klekner, Olga, Nicole Shangi, Noel Herdman, Padbury, Karen, Roland Klekner Visitors: We thank Karen, Roland, Olga and Noel for their exceptional spotting skills today. We very much appreciated all the extra eyes on the skies! Weather: The weather was beautiful today. Warm, partly cloudy with a north wind. Raptor Observations: There were a large number of raptors today. The highlight was the large kettles of Broad-winged Hawks flying over the tower. We also observed early migrants of Turkey Vultures. The first groups of Sharpies flew over all day. Non-raptor Observations: The pair of Sandhill Cranes made an appearance today. There were also lots of Cedar Waxwings and American Goldfinch like yesterday. See here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118296079 Predictions: Hopefully tomorrow will be similar today in weather, bringing even more Broad-wings and other migrants. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.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-2022