Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5 83 83 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 8 82 82 Northern Harrier 9 61 62 Sharp-shinned Hawk 117 272 272 Cooper's Hawk 2 16 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 496 4107 4107 Red-tailed Hawk 5 45 45 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 19 206 206 Merlin 6 18 18 Peregrine Falcon 0 14 14 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: 667 4911 4913 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hall-Brooks, Bob, Hugh Kent, Hugh Kent, Karen, Padbury, Liz Kent, Jeremy Bensette, Karen Padbury, Klekner, Olga, Liz Kent, Olga Klekner, Liz Kent, Jeremy Bensette, Padbury, Karen Visitors: We thank Olga, Jeremy, Karen, and Bob for pointing out so many great birds today. The extra eyes are always helpful! Once again thank you to all the very keen members of the public for your visit and interest in our Hawk Watch. Weather: It was warm and cloudless all day today, with a north wind in the first half of the day. The wind died down and was from the south east for the last half of the day. Raptor Observations: There were far less raptors than yesterday with the bulk being Broad-wings. We had a good number of Merlins today with plenty more Sharpies. Non-raptor Observations: We had many people on the tower today and observed some species we have not seen much of, such as Northern Waterthrush, Purple Finch, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and three more Sandhill Cranes. Today was a large migration day for Monarch Butterflies, with an average of several hundred passing per minute at 1:00. See here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118350894 Predictions: Tomorrow should be warmer with south winds and therefore we may see raptors at a distance to the north. More observers would be greatly appreciated tomorrow! ======================================================================== 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