Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 18 155 155 Osprey 4 21 21 Bald Eagle 0 77 77 Northern Harrier 2 130 130 Sharp-shinned Hawk 120 1172 1172 Cooper's Hawk 0 36 36 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 5 24779 24779 Red-tailed Hawk 0 123 123 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 10 316 316 Merlin 2 38 38 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 161 26861 26861 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagne Observers: Andy Parsons, Bob Pettit, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner Visitors: Today we were joined by Steve Wagner, Patrick Tomlinson, Bob Pettit, Andy Parsons, Ron Delacourt, Bob Hall-Brooks, and Rick. Thank you to all for spotting far-away Sharp-shinned Hawks. Weather: Today was a hot day with once again, very little cloud cover and a good breeze coming from the South. Not very good for a lot of raptors but nice to be outside. Raptor Observations: More Sharpies! On these less favourable wind days, we are counting a good number of Sharp-shinned Hawks at Demonstration Farms, with a daily count of 120. We also counted a few Kestrels (10), Broad-winged Hawks (5), and two Merlins. Non-raptor Observations: The Blue Jays are finally starting to move. Today we had a daily count of 120 Jays, most of them travelling from tree to tree, not fully migrating, but soon! We also counted many Killdeers, Red-winged Blackbird, Cedar Waxwings, and Starlings. Blue Jays: 120 Killdeer: 23 Starlings: 77 Cedar Waxwing: 80 Goldfinch: 35 Black Saddlebags: 354 Common Green Darner: 105 Monarch: 15 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59959893 Predictions: Tomorrow, we will be doing our counting on the tower!! However, we are expecting winds from the South again. Hopefully the Sharp-shinned Hawks will keep coming. We are also hoping for more Blue Jays to start moving and for a few more good kettles of Broad-winged Hawks before the end of the season. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagne (maryse.gagne35@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100