Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1 1 Osprey 1 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 2 2 Northern Harrier 1 4 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 11 11 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 5 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 6 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 17 17 Merlin 2 12 12 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 5 63 63 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 10:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Liz Kent Visitors: Thanks to Bob for the early morning observation assistance. No visitors today. Weather: Humid with a temperature of 26c, initially. Light wind from the south increased to moderate with gusts as the rain came in across the lake. Reduced visibility and heavy rain at times bought the count to an end late morning. Raptor Observations: Two Merlins, a high Osprey, and a Northern Harrier and American Kestrel along the shore were all for this short day. Non-raptor Observations: A lot of activity in the first two hours with lots of Great Egrets (59) gathered in the Marsh along the shore treeline waiting for the rain. Warblers and Vireos were chasing the many insects that had settled on the trees around the Tower in an effort to get some food before the rain. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149145845. Predictions: Wind from the west tomorrow, with lower temperature and the possibility of light rain in the afternoon. Hopefully a slight decrease in temperature will encourage more Hawks to get on the move. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@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