Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 11 49 49 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 3 12 12 Northern Harrier 3 23 23 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 9 9 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 5 92 92 Red-tailed Hawk 1 19 19 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 16 68 68 Merlin 0 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: 45 283 283 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jacob Stasso Observers: Hugh Kent, 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: Warm and clear day with good visibility and little to no cloud cover. Temperature remained in mid 20s. Wind was consistently north westerly with periods of dominant westerly winds. Raptor Observations: Raptor count showed better turnout then yesterday but still relatively low. Turkey vulture, sharpie, and kestrel movements were recorded, with the most abundant species being the American Kestrel. Large presence of nonmigratory Bald Eagles present and defending marsh against migrating conspecifics. Non-raptor Observations: Most notable turn out was the large amount of migrating Purple Martins in the morning hours (900+) as well as large amounts of resident waterfowl present. Warbler diversity also remained high with observed Blackpolls, Cape May, Yellow, Bay Breasted, Black and White, Tennessee, and Black-throated Green. Migrating insects remained low. https://ebird.org/checklist/S94297910 Predictions: Tomorrow's winds are expected to shift towards southerly and south westerly directions, making observation of migrating raptors less favourable, especially for buteos. Temperature and visibility are expected to remain the same. Purple Martin migration is expected to continue. ======================================================================== 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