Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 87 87 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 0 82 82 Northern Harrier 2 63 64 Sharp-shinned Hawk 157 429 429 Cooper's Hawk 0 16 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 14 4121 4121 Red-tailed Hawk 3 48 48 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 208 208 Merlin 0 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: 182 5093 5095 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Klekner, Olga, Michelle, Pratt, Paul Visitors: I thank Olga for her sharp eyes and keeping me company today. Weather: The temperature was hot today, basically cloudless. There was a north wind for a couple hours in the morning and it switched to south for the rest of the day. The wind was very light Raptor Observations: There were few raptors today likely because of the southerly winds. Despite this, we still counted large numbers of Sharpies. Non-raptor Observations: There were more birds during the morning than the afternoon. There was quite a bit of construction noise at the base of the tower which may have caused a decrease in birds. This morning we were delighted when ten Northern Flickers landed in the willow tree across from the tower. See here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118400551 Predictions: Tomorrow should be a few degrees cooler and possibly cloudy, which might make seeing raptors easier. ======================================================================== 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