Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 822 58517 63394 Osprey 0 9 26 Bald Eagle 0 52 134 Northern Harrier 12 293 496 Sharp-shinned Hawk 123 4212 7560 Cooper's Hawk 10 152 234 Northern Goshawk 1 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 26 309 312 Broad-winged Hawk 0 20 5261 Red-tailed Hawk 38 1065 1200 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 1 6 6 American Kestrel 0 674 1299 Merlin 2 25 115 Peregrine Falcon 0 35 86 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: 1035 65374 80128 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud, Liz Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, 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. Weather: Today was consistently foggy and overcast with winds starting north-westerly, shifting westerly and then ending back at north-westerly. Temperatures had a low of 7 C and a high of 12 C. Large amounts of mist and fogs significantly reduced visibility throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Heavy mist limited both visibility of raptors and raptor movements. Turkey Vultures were significantly lower then yesterday with only 822. Sharpies are lower but still prevalent at 123 observed. The majority of raptor movement occurred within a 1 hour window of low mist/fog, here buteo movement was present at 26 Red Shoulders and 38 Red Tails. Thanks to our banders we were lucky to observe and release an immature Northern Goshawk today. A Golden Eagle was also spotted far north at 11:15. Non-raptor Observations: Marsh count remains diverse and high with large numbers of waterfowl. Crow movement remains at large with 6500 observed today, while Blue Jay movement is declining with only 340 today. Blackbird movement was also very high with 8000 Red-winged blackbirds, 225 Rusty Blackbirds and 180 Common Grackles. No Monarchs were observed. To our surprise, a calling Red-eyed Vireo was observed today. https://ebird.org/checklist/S96783604 Predictions: Tomorrow it is expected to be slightly warmer with partly cloudy skies in the morning instead of full cloud cover. Winds are expected to be a strong easterly for all of the day. Hopefully the reduced movement today promotes added movement tomorrow with the warmer temperatures and clear conditions. ======================================================================== 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