Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 34 34 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 9 9 Northern Harrier 0 16 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 2 87 87 Red-tailed Hawk 0 18 18 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 50 50 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 3 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: 5 224 224 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Donny Moore, Elizabeth Kent Visitors: We thank today's observers 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: The day started relatively cool with a light northerly wind and little cloud. Temperature increased throughout the day with a high of 27c. The wind shifted to the south by midday and cloud cover increased. Raptor Observations: A very slow day for migrating raptors with only 5 seen all day; 2 Broad-winged Hawks, a Cooper's Hawk, a Kestrel and a Peregrine. Non-raptor Observations: The lack of migrating raptors was made up for by a good variety of other species. A good tally of 14 Warbler species were spotted in the trees around the tower including Northern Parula, Cape May, Blackpoll and Northern Waterthrush. A fly-by Black-bellied Plover was nice and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was heard. Vireos were ever present with a nice Philadelphia Vireo making an appearance. Good numbers of Hirundines are still hawking over the marsh. Checkout the Ebird list at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94132990 Predictions: Tomorrow's weather is pretty similar to this afternoon's. Hopefully the hawk migration will begin to ramp up and we will see some Sharp-shinned Hawks, Northern Harriers and American Kestrels. Winds are not favourable for larger numbers of Broad-winged Hawks. ======================================================================== 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