Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 38 38 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 9 9 Northern Harrier 1 17 17 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 4 4 Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 87 87 Red-tailed Hawk 0 18 18 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 51 51 Merlin 2 4 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 10 234 234 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 0 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: We thank today's observers and those interested in the ongoing Hawk Count. There were many more visitors than hawks today! 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: A light wind from the south all day, sometimes calm. Temperature rose from 22c to a high of 31.5c in the early afternoon. Overcast all day but with good visibility. There was a slight rain shower before mid morning. Raptor Observations: Another slow day, with highlights; 2 Merlin chasing each other through the trees and a nice gray ghost male Northern Harrier passing close to the tower. Others were 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks, a male American Kestrel and 4 Turkey Vultures determinedly making their way west along the shoreline. Non-raptor Observations: Not much flying today apart from hirundines. A reasonable number of Warbler (11) and Vireo (3) species were seen, including a Prothonotary and Wilson's Warbler and another Philadelphia Vireo. There were good numbers of waterbirds on the marsh including 38 Great Egret. More Gadwall are starting to appear. For the eBird list checkout https://ebird.org/checklist/S94187393 Predictions: Tomorrow is forecast to be sunny with clouds, similar temperature to today. The wind is likely to have a northern component tomorrow so hopefully that will bring more 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 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/hbmo/hbmo-hawk-watch-fall-2021