Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1 1 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 2 2 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 10 10 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 6 6 Red-tailed Hawk 1 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 10 10 Merlin 3 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 12 46 46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: John Hall, Linda Purdie, Liz Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, Xander Campbell Visitors: Many thanks to Xander, Michelle, John and Linda for observing. Again there were good numbers of visitors braving a very hot top deck to take an interest in the Hawk Watch and the birds on the Marsh. Weather: Another very hot day reaching 34c, loads of sunscreen and big hats were the order of the day on the Tower. The wind remained from the south, light. Cloud cover was variable but visibility remained good. Baro pressure remained largely unchanged throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Three each of Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels and Merlins were the majority. Singles of Coopers Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk and Broad-winged Hawk completed the days count. The Broad-winged Hawk sort of summed up the day by settling in the trees and not moving for the rest of the count. Only the Falcons seemed to show any get up and go. Non-raptor Observations: The highlight of the day was an Olive-sided Flycatcher, typically perching high up on a dead tree to the east of the Tower. The list finally broke the 50 species level with four Flycatcher, four Warbler species and a reasonable variety of waterbirds and ducks. Notables were Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Gallinule, and our first Shovelers of the season. Cedar Waxing (270) numbers were up again. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149017404 Predictions: It is likely to be a similar day tomorrow: Hot with gentle southerly winds. Hopefully the urge to migrate is beginning to take hold and numbers may increase. Still looking forward to a change to northerly winds forecast for next weekend. ======================================================================== 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