Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 9 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 4 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 13 55 55 Merlin 0 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 14 81 81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to Noel Herdman and Bob Hall-Brooks for their help counting. We appreciate all the interest in the tower and the hawk watch but remind everyone that the tower remains closed to members of the public and has a three-person limit reserved for the Hawk Counters. Thank you to all who are respecting these precautions. Be safe everyone! Weather: A cooler day on the tower with a full cloud cover for most of the day. These clouds did bring us a drizzle of rain in the afternoon only lasting 45 minutes. For the first two hours of the count, winds blew from the North only to swing around to the East and the South by the end of the day. We are still waiting for the days of consistent Northern winds. Raptor Observations: Quite the lazy Sunday on the tower with only 14 raptors flying over. For 30 minutes in the morning we had a small frenzy of 6 American Kestrels coming quickly one after the other. After that, the rest of the Kestrels migrated hours apart. A Cooper's Hawk was our last migrant of the day, and flew West after a small disagreement with the local Peregrine Falcon. Non-raptor Observations: Though we wish for daytime Northern winds, the North winds from last night pushed many warblers to the base of the tower. We counted 17 species of warblers included but not limited to; Northern Waterthrush, Prothonotary Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Pine Warbler, and Wilson's Warbler. Vireos also wandered through including Yellow-throated vireos and Philadelphia vireos. On the marsh we spotted a few Common Gallinules, Blue-winged Teals, and Spotted Sandpipers. Full ebird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S73277184 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting a warm and muggy day with a chance of showers in the morning. The winds are expected to blow from the South-West and West later in the day. Given the slower start to the season, we are simply hoping for few raptors. Maybe we'll count 20 tomorrow, fingers crossed! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagné (maryse.gagne35@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100