Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 91 91 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 0 82 82 Northern Harrier 0 63 64 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 507 507 Cooper's Hawk 0 16 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 2 4128 4128 Red-tailed Hawk 0 54 54 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 211 211 Merlin 1 21 21 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: 21 5194 5196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: It was good to meet Suzanne and Jeff from Pelee Island Bird Observatory today. Many other visitors showed a great interest in the Hawk Watch and the birds that could be seen from the Tower. Weather: Overcast with light wind from the South east. Temperature generally mid twenties. The rain held off thankfully. Raptor Observations: Only 21 raptors today. As predicted Sharp-shinned Hawks were the most numerous, but still with a low number (17). Highlight was a nice adult Broad-winged Hawk which did a turn right over the Tower. Non-raptor Observations: Marsh bird numbers are being maintained at recent levels, ducks are increasing with a first of the season single Northern Shoveler seen. Five species of warbler were seen with Cape May Warbler being the most numerous as it has been for the last week. A nice Philadelpia Vireo stayed all day feeding on Dogwood berries. A flock of 8 Lesser Yellowlegs over flew the tower. Blue Jays (133) are beginning to be seen in greater numbers. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118536009 Predictions: Tomorrow will be similar to today with winds from the South, slightly stronger, overcast and cooler with a slight chance of rain. Likely we will have the same mix of raptors with Sharp-shinned Hawks leading the pack. Hopefully the cooler temperature will encourage greater numbers to migrate. ======================================================================== 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