Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 10 24 24 Osprey 1 6 6 Bald Eagle 4 29 29 Northern Harrier 23 91 91 Sharp-shinned Hawk 128 403 403 Cooper's Hawk 1 25 25 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 364 374 374 Red-tailed Hawk 6 55 55 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 59 177 177 Merlin 2 13 13 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 3 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 600 1202 1202 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagne Observers: Chip Ogglesby, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: We had many visitors today, most of which were around for the big movement of Broad-winged hawks. Thank you to Chip, Jim, Lene, Dave and Linda, Erika and Dave Stimac, Mark, and Kirsty Heines and Nicholas Neilsen coming all the way from Australia. Thank you all for stopping by! Weather: We had a pretty gloomy at the tower, with fog and very low clouds covering the sky the entire day. However, we did experience very favourable winds from the North and North-West all day. Raptor Observations: Our biggest day so far, 600 raptors, and the Broad-winged hawks have arrived!! We counted 364 Broad-winged from 11 to 1 o'clock, all mostly in small kettles of about 30 hawks at a time. We also counted 128 Sharp-shinned hawks and 60 Kestrels. As usual, we observed our local Bald Eagles, Ospreys , and a Peregrine falcon. Non-raptor Observations: Our highlight today was the movement of 500 Monarchs during our last hour of counting. We also counted 700 tree swallows travelling and feeding around the marsh before heading West. Lastly, we counted over 600 Mallards landing on the marsh all day. Monarchs: 500 Tree Swallows: 702 Purple martins: 53 Cedar Waxwings: 82 Mallards: 652 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59717674 Predictions: Tomorrow ,we are once again expecting thunderstorms in the afternoon, as well as winds from the South. Hopefully we will have big movements of hawks in the morning, particularly Sharp-shinned hawks who don't seem to be as dependent on wind direction. ======================================================================== 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