Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 20 21 21 Osprey 3 4 4 Bald Eagle 0 2 2 Northern Harrier 0 4 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 17 17 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 5 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 6 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 12 29 29 Merlin 7 19 19 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 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: 49 112 112 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Noel Herdman, Peter Veighey Visitors: Many thanks to Peter, Neil and Noel for helping out observing. Good to meet Phillipa and Mark from New Brunswick with their cute dog Gus. Weather: Overcast all day with drizzle around midday. Wind was generally moderate from the south west. Cooler today but temperature rose to 27c in the afternoon. Visibility was restricted by haze and low cloud. Raptor Observations: The morning was owned by the Falcons, with the majority of 12 American Kestrels, 7 Merlins and a Peregrine appearing then. The afternoon brought a single kettle of 20 Turkey Vultures, 3 Ospreys and 6 Sharp-shinned Hawks. Highest day total so far. Non-raptor Observations: New species for the season were Nashville Warbler and American Black Duck. There were good numbers of Tree Swallow (400) hawking low down over the marsh. American Goldfinch (52) numbers have increased with Cedar Waxwing (111) numbers falling a little. The Common Gallinule made another appearance. 6 Species of Warbler were seen today, frustratingly mostly hiding under the foliage. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149213334 Predictions: The wind is forecast to be from the north east tomorrow. It will be overcast and temperatures are slightly lower, but the northern aspect will hopefully mean more Hawks, particularly Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels and maybe 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