Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 137 137 Osprey 0 17 17 Bald Eagle 1 77 77 Northern Harrier 2 128 128 Sharp-shinned Hawk 97 1052 1052 Cooper's Hawk 4 36 36 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 34 24774 24774 Red-tailed Hawk 9 123 123 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 306 306 Merlin 0 36 36 Peregrine Falcon 1 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 157 26700 26700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagne Observers: Cherise Charron, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner Visitors: It was a quiet day for us at Demonstration Farms, with quick visits from Claude Radley and Chip Ogglesby. I also want to thank the work of Steve Wagner and Patrick Thomlinson and Cherise Charron for spotting raptors out of the sky. Weather: Today was another hot day with a clear blue sky and very little cloud cover. The wind from the South-East gave us a nice breeze, but not too many raptors. Raptor Observations: We had a slow but steady and constant stream of Sharp-shinned Hawks coming in for most of the day. Our daily total reached 97 Sharp-shinned Hawks. We also counted 34 Broad-winged Hawks, most of which came in two's and three's all day. Non-raptor Observations: The sky was very quiet today, we did not count many species or high numbers of birds at Demonstration Farms. We were excited to count more Blue Jays and Crows. We did have a steady amount of dragonflies and Monarchs flying above us all day. Blue Jays: 27 American Crow: 17 Cedar Waxwing: 29 Killdeer: 10 Red-winged Blackbirds: 95 Black Saddlebags: 40 Common Green Darner: 100 Monarchs: 80 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59935949 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting another day with winds from the South. We are hoping for a better cloud cover to be able to more easily spot raptors. We are expecting more Sharp-shinned hawks, as they do not seem to be as dependent of wind conditions. We can always count on a Sharp-shinned Hawk! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagne (maryse.gagne35@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100