Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 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 1 7 7 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 5 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 3 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 7 7 Merlin 2 6 6 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: 3 34 34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Surprisingly fewer numbers of visitors today, they must have been on the beach! Thanks to Noel for observing in the afternoon and it was good to see Chris in the morning and David, Steven and Garrett in the afternoon. Weather: Visibility was a bit reduced in the morning but increased gradually during the day as did the temperature finishing at 32c in the afternoon. The wind was moderate from the south which helped mitigate the heat of the sun, together with a variable cloud cover throughout the day. Raptor Observations: South winds don't bring many Hawks early in September. A very, very slow day with only one Sharp-shinned Hawk wondering where all his mates have gone and two Merlins racing by as usual. Non-raptor Observations: Again a very similar list to the last two days. Highlights were a Wilson's Warbler, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and a Common Gallinule on the marsh. Five species of Warbler today! We have seen Red-headed Woodpeckers for three days in a row, which is nice. Cedar Waxwing (37) numbers were reduced today but there were lots of Tree Swallows (228) hawking over the marsh. Great Egrets (34) were grouped at the west end of the marsh early morning, but then distributed themselves all over the marsh soon after. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148904987 Predictions: Probably much of the same tomorrow :( Looking forward to a change to a North wind forecast for Friday/Saturday next week. ======================================================================== 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