Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1203 7713 12590 Osprey 0 7 24 Bald Eagle 0 6 88 Northern Harrier 7 92 295 Sharp-shinned Hawk 118 1280 4628 Cooper's Hawk 7 53 135 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 10 13 Broad-winged Hawk 1 13 5254 Red-tailed Hawk 6 53 188 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 23 208 833 Merlin 1 12 102 Peregrine Falcon 0 22 73 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: 1366 9469 24223 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Stasso, Jacob Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Chip Ogglesby, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank all today's observers for their 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: Day started off cloudy but quickly shifted to bright and clear sunny skies, leading to temperatures rising to the mid 20's C. Winds started off souther-westerly and eventually shifted south-easterly by the day's end. Raptor Observations: Southerly winds shifted majority of raptors to the far north. Another good day for Turkey Vultures (1203) and slightly lesser so for Sharpies (118). A nice surprise was a leusitic Turkey Vulture amongst a large kettle. Otherwise, Northern Harriers (7), Cooper's Hawk (7) conintue to see movements, and Red Tails (6) continue to move. Less falcons today with only one Merlin and 23 Kestrels. Non-raptor Observations: Marsh count remains high in both number and diversity as ducks continue to arrive. Songbirds were once again slow, with Blue Jay migration continuing at 21, 650 today. Black bird movements remain high with the appearance of Rusty Blackbirds today. Monarch numbers are consistent today at 7. https://ebird.org/checklist/S96130722 Predictions: It is expected to be slightly colder tomorrow with consistent rain throughout the day. Hopefully rain does not hinder raptor movements too much because winds are expected to be northerly/north-easterly for the majority of the day. If rain is light and northern winds prevail then an increase in buteo movements is expected. ======================================================================== 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