Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4500 17668 22545 Osprey 0 8 25 Bald Eagle 6 30 112 Northern Harrier 35 147 350 Sharp-shinned Hawk 220 3114 6462 Cooper's Hawk 5 86 168 Northern Goshawk 1 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 16 40 43 Broad-winged Hawk 1 18 5259 Red-tailed Hawk 134 305 440 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 23 599 1224 Merlin 0 18 108 Peregrine Falcon 0 28 79 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: 4941 22063 36817 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Hugh Kent, Klekner, Olga, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank all today's observers for their efforts and those interested in the ongoing Hawk Count. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, access to the top level of Hawk Tower is limited to hawk counters and qualified observers only. The 2nd and lower levels are open to the public practising COVID-19 safe precautions (social distancing). Thank you for your understanding and involvement. Weather: Temperatures started off around 10 degrees and increased to a high of 17 due to clear sunny skies. Winds were a light north-westerly in the morning, eventually shifting t westerly and then souther-westerly by the day's end. Raptor Observations: An even stronger day for Turkey Vultures with 4500 reported. However, Sharpies returned to lower levels with 220. It was also a great day for Harriers with 35 and another great day this season for Red Tails with 134. On top of Tails, other buteos were present with 16 Shoulders. Although strong in the past two days, Kestrel numbers dramatically decreased to only 23. To our surprise an immature Goshawk made another appearance within the early morning. Non-raptor Observations: Diverse non-raptor day with diverse waterfowl, songbirds, and a number of different shorebirds flying over. A nice find was a Winter Wren nearby the Hawk Tower. Monarch count was higher today at 13 observations. Blue Jay movements continue but are still low compared to the past at around 5400. Crow movement appears to be starting with 197 observations. https://ebird.org/checklist/S96402930 Predictions: Temperature and sky conditions are expected to be the same tomorrow, with clear sunny skies bringing some extra warmth. South-westerly winds are expected to continue, although at stronger magnitude which may shift migrating raptors away from observable viewing. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jacob Stasso (jacobstasso@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-2021