Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 570 32284 37161 Osprey 0 8 25 Bald Eagle 0 37 119 Northern Harrier 2 232 435 Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 3788 7136 Cooper's Hawk 3 114 196 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 56 59 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 5260 Red-tailed Hawk 16 487 622 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 662 1287 Merlin 0 20 110 Peregrine Falcon 2 32 83 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: 635 37742 52496 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Hall-Brooks, Bob, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: We thank all today's observers for their outstanding 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. Forecast Weather: Today started off with thunder storms until mid morning, impeding raptor movement and its respective observation. Count resumed during mid morning with alternating periods of rainfall. Afternoon cleared up but consistent south-westerly became strong towards the afternoon. Temperatures remained stable at around mid 10's C. Raptor Observations: Thunderstorms and rainfall likely impeded raptor movement with low count day observed for all raptors. Turkey Vultures only moved during clear periods with a count of 570. Sharpies were very low at only 40. Buteo movement was present but also low with one Shoulder and 16 Red-tails. Only 1 Kestrel seen today. Non-raptor Observations: Rainfall also brought a slow day for non-raptors with a lack of songbirds being present. Marsh count remains the same as previous days. Significantly reduced movements of blackbirds and Blue Jays (1140) were reported today. Crow count was also lower at 133. Two Monarchs were observed. https://ebird.org/checklist/S96523618 Predictions: Tomorrow it is expected to clear up with partly cloudy skies and a consistent north-westerly wind, although temperatures are expected to be low hovering at around 10 degrees C. Hopefully the north-westerly winds will reboot raptor movements, especially for buteos and maybe a Golden Eagle. ======================================================================== 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