Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 95 95 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 1 83 83 Northern Harrier 3 67 68 Sharp-shinned Hawk 102 643 643 Cooper's Hawk 2 18 19 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 25 4153 4153 Red-tailed Hawk 0 54 54 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 20 234 234 Merlin 2 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 1 17 17 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: 160 5395 5397 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hall-Brooks, Bob, Liz Kent, Hall-Brooks, Bob, Hugh Kent, Kory Renaud, Noel Herdman, Liz Kent, Padbury, Karen Visitors: We thank Karen, John and Noel for visiting today and spotting some raptors. WE had many very keen visitors today who we thank for their interest! Weather: The weather today was warm with north winds in the morning which switched to south by the end of the day. Raptor Observations: There were plenty more Sharpies today with a nice selection of other raptors including Northern Harriers, Merlins, a few Broad-wings and Kestrels. Non-raptor Observations: There were few songbirds around during the day today however we had a diverse group of warblers fly into some close trees right at the end of the day. https://ebird.org/checklist/S118697452 Predictions: Tomorrow should be warm with north winds in the morning. WE are crossing our fingers for more Broad-wings. ======================================================================== 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