Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 15 135 135 Osprey 1 17 17 Bald Eagle 2 76 76 Northern Harrier 2 126 126 Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 955 955 Cooper's Hawk 1 32 32 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 13 24740 24740 Red-tailed Hawk 8 114 114 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 299 299 Merlin 1 36 36 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 6 Unknown Accipiter 2 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 3 4 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 85 26543 26543 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagne Observers: Cherise Charron, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent, Jim McCoy, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner Visitors: We only had a few visitors and observers today, but were very appreciated for all their help spotting raptors very far into the blue sky. Thank you to Steve Wagner, Patrick Thomlinson, Cherise, Neil, Ron, Jim McCoy, Chip Ogglesby, Bob Hall-Brookes. Weather: Today was a beautiful hot day with clear blue skies and 10 km/h winds from the East. Not a very ideal day for watching migrating hawks but a nice day spent outside. Raptor Observations: Hawk migration came to a screeching halt today. Unfortunately, the wind did not bring us a lot of hawks and the ones that did fly over traveled very high and often disappeared in the blue sky. We observed two small groups of Broad-winged (13), Sharp-shinned (32) , Red-tailed hawks (8) and Turkey Vultures (15). Non-raptor Observations: It was also a slow day for non-raptor species, with our biggest count being 196 Red-winged blackbirds. We are seeing more Blue Jays and getting ready for their migration. Insects were flying, enjoying the hot weather and we counted a good number of Common Green Darners (520), but less Monarchs than yesterday (220). Our highlight came from seeing a Sandhill Crane flying in front of us! Chimney Swift: 14 Blue Jays: 34 Cedar Waxwing: 65 Red-winged Blackbirds: 196 Black Saddlebags: 180 Common Green Darner: 520 Monarch: 220 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59909136 Predictions: Tomorrow will probably be similar to today, with winds from the South-East all day and a clear sky. Hopefully we will see more raptors, like Sharp-shinned hawks and Northern Harriers. ======================================================================== 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