Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1050 39128 44005 Osprey 0 9 26 Bald Eagle 0 46 128 Northern Harrier 9 271 474 Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 3925 7273 Cooper's Hawk 4 120 202 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 9 85 88 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 5260 Red-tailed Hawk 26 704 839 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 1 2 2 American Kestrel 3 671 1296 Merlin 0 21 111 Peregrine Falcon 1 34 85 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: 1157 45039 59793 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Hall-Brooks, Bob, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: We thank all today's observers for their outstanding efforts and those interested in the ongoing Hawk Count. 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: The day started off rather cold and partly cloudy with temperatures starting at 1 degrees C. Temperatures increased to 10 degrees as mid day arrived but continuous rainfall hampered raptor observation. Winds started north-westerly to then shift northerly and then easterly as rain arrived. Raptor Observations: Although cut short, today was a good day for Turkey Vultures (1050) but lesser so for Sharpies (54). Buteo movement continues thanks in part to northerly winds, with 26 Red Tails and 9 Red Shoulders observed. Slow day for falcons. An exciting finding was our second Golden Eagle passing low by the tower at 1:20 pm. Non-raptor Observations: Diverse day for birds with increasing numbers of marsh birds in addition to some unique findings, including some Horned Grebes and an Eastern Towhee. Blue Jay movements appear to be lower today at only 1760 while Crow movements were significantly high at 8140 birds. Surprisingly a Monarch was seen today despite the extreme cold. https://ebird.org/checklist/S96656602 Predictions: Tomorrow is expected to be slightly warmer with temperatures around 12 degrees. However, significant rainfall is expected to continue throughout the whole day tomorrow, which will likely significantly hinder raptor observations. Winds are expected to be a strong easterly with a gradual shift to north-easterly. However, this will likely have minimal effect as the rains will slow all raptor movement. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jacob Stasso (jacobstasso@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