Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 89 660 660 Osprey 1 9 9 Bald Eagle 2 172 172 Northern Harrier 8 218 219 Sharp-shinned Hawk 166 2345 2345 Cooper's Hawk 1 62 63 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 791 56803 56803 Red-tailed Hawk 0 85 85 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 14 1237 1237 Merlin 1 55 55 Peregrine Falcon 0 33 33 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: 1073 61679 61681 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin Visitors: A big thanks to Noel and Paul for help in spotting the Raptors and other birds. Other visitors included Mel, Jayne and Richard from New Jersey, Derek, David and Steven and Kimberley, James and Anastasia. All showed great interest in the Hawk Watch and the birds seen from the Tower. Thanks to Jayne and Richard for staying all day. Weather: The day started with rain ending mid-morning. The remainder of the day was overcast with a WNW light to moderate wind. The temperature was in the high teens. Visibility was good Raptor Observations: We were rewarded with a good day's raptor watching, despite the late start due to rain. A late migration of Broad-winged Hawks, streaming and kettling to the north produced a total of 791. Sharp-shinned Hawks continued to stream past with a total of 166 for the day. Turkey Vultures migrated in small numbers (89) with a couple of kettles to the north, one mixing with Broad-winged Hawks. Smaller numbers of American Kestrels (14) and Northern Harriers (8) were seen, with Osprey, Bald Eagles Cooper's Hawks and Merlin in ones or twos. Non-raptor Observations: Very few songbirds today, maybe they moved south in front of the rain. The best showing was in 5 species of duck with good sighting of Pintail and American Wigeon flying into the marsh. A good number of Blue Jays (12450) were seen. Sandhill Crane were heard to the north of the marsh. Waterbird numbers continue to dwindle. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119431377 Predictions: Slight chance of rain tomorrow, with moderate to high winds from the west. Temperature mid-teens. Hopefully Accipiters, falcons and Harriers will fly tomorrow, maybe not so many buteos. ======================================================================== 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 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/hbmo/hbmo-hawk-watch-fall-2022