Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 14 14 Osprey 0 5 5 Bald Eagle 4 23 23 Northern Harrier 6 63 63 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 147 147 Cooper's Hawk 1 19 19 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9 9 Red-tailed Hawk 0 47 47 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 86 86 Merlin 0 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 20 425 425 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagne Observers: Chip Ogglesby, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: Thank you to our few visitors today, including Chip, Devon, Paul, and Duncan from ERCA. Weather: Today started overcast, cool, and a humid 15 degrees Celsius with winds from the North. Winds stayed steady from the North and North-West most of the day, until a change to South-East and a spike in temperature. Raptor Observations: Today was a very slow day for raptors, with a daily total of 20, even with such favourable winds. The most abundant raptors were Sharp-shinned hawks. Even our local Ospreys and Bald Eagles were not very keen to fly around the marsh today, though they were seen from time to time. Non-raptor Observations: Monday's Massive Monarch Migration!! The Monarchs were the highlight of the day, when 3,553 butterflies migrated over the tower from 1-4 o'clock. Common green darner and black saddlebags also got the message and joined the party. We also observed a good variety of warblers flying in the trees surrounding the tower. Monarchs: 3,553 Common Green Darners: 200 Black Saddlebags: 40 Cedar Waxwings: 205 Ruby-throated hummingbirds: 6 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59647115 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting winds from the South and very hot temperatures. Not very promising weather for the raptors, but we are still hoping more sharp-shinned hawks and broad-wings will migrated nonetheless. ======================================================================== 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