Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 8 31 31 Osprey 4 4 4 Bald Eagle 36 47 47 Northern Harrier 33 42 43 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 17 17 Cooper's Hawk 4 11 12 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 246 250 250 Red-tailed Hawk 8 26 26 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 106 120 120 Merlin 4 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 3 6 6 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: 469 562 564 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Chuck Sharbaugh, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank Bob, Chuck and Clay for their observations today as well as all the other members of the public. Weather: The first half of the day was overcast, cool and windy. A strong north wind all day. The latter half of the day cleared up and warmed nicely. Raptor Observations: We saw many raptors today including a large number of American Kestrels and the first kettles of Broad-winged Hawks! Plenty of migrating Bald Eagles and Northern Harriers too. Non-raptor Observations: We had our hands full much of the day identifying raptors, however we had a treat of two Sandhill Cranes and Black-throated Green Warbler! See non-raptor list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118238980 Predictions: Tomorrows weather seems clear and warm. Hopefully the strong north wind keeps up and we will see more raptors tomorrow. Crossing our fingers for more Broad-wing kettles! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.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-2022