Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 91 91 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 0 82 82 Northern Harrier 0 63 64 Sharp-shinned Hawk 61 490 490 Cooper's Hawk 0 16 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 5 4126 4126 Red-tailed Hawk 6 54 54 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 210 210 Merlin 2 20 20 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: 80 5173 5175 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Donny Moore, Liz Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, Olga Klekner Visitors: Thanks to Olga, Donny and Michelle for helping spot hawks during the morning and early afternoon. We had a good number of visitors today (over 50) - thanks for your interest and we were glad to explain about the Hawk Watch and help with your questions. Weather: Variable thin cloud (40-80%) with a light wind from the south. Quite hot with temperature at mid to high 20s all day. Good visibility, but hazing over towards late afternoon. Raptor Observations: Quite a slow day with Sharp-shinned Hawks the most numerous. A few Broad-winged and Red-tailed Hawks passed by mostly to the north. American Kestrel and Merlin were 2 apiece. Hot temperatures with a southerly wind did not help raptor migration. Non-raptor Observations: Highlight of the day was a tufted Titmouse in the willow north of the tower mid morning, found by Donny Moore. Great Egret and Double-crested Cormorant numbers are growing on the marsh and it was good to see quite a large flock of Lesser Yellowlegs over flying the Tower towards the Lake. Swallow numbers were down today, as were Warblers. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118471065 Predictions: Much the same tomorrow, but with slightly lower temperatures and a small chance of rain. Likely the cloud will be thicker, so combined with lower temperature, lets hope we get slightly more raptor movement. Sharp-shinned Hawks will probably be the most numerous, as today and yesterday. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@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-2022