Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 23 23 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 2 2 Northern Harrier 1 6 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 3 5 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 17 17 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 7 7 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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: 11 62 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: Good to see John early morning armed with his mighty camera. Through out the day we had a good stream of visitors, totalling over 40, with many interested in the Hawk Watch and what can be seen on the marsh. Weather: It was hot on the tower today with thin cloud cover up to 60% and light winds wind generally from the south, with the temperature starting at 24c and reaching 34c mid afternoon. Raptor Observations: Quiet day with only 11 raptors observed. Nice to see close views of an American Kestrel and Northern Harrier. Non-raptor Observations: Pretty standard day with nothing exceptional. Large numbers of Tree Swallows roosting in and hawking over the American Lotus in the marsh. Numbers of Warblers has dropped right off with only 3 species seen. Good numbers of Herons, egrets and cormorants on the marsh. Early migration of Purple Martin quickly tailed off mid morning. The list can be viewed at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118046339 Predictions: Hopefully the weather will cool off a bit tomorrow and the wind is forecast to be from the NE. There is a slight chance of rain increasing in the afternoon. Maybe the northern aspect of the wind will bring more raptors over the tower. We may see the start of the Sharp-shinned Hawk migration and more American Kestrels. ======================================================================== 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