Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 122 144 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 0 38 41 Northern Harrier 0 68 87 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 42 44 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 5 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 256 268 Red-tailed Hawk 0 202 242 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 206 214 Merlin 0 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4 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 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 10 958 1065 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Kiah Jasper Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Hugh Kent, John Hall, Linda Permy, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Peter Veighey Visitors: It was a slow day on the people front too, with only around 12 visitors on the tower. thanks to Mike, Peter, Bob, Liz and Hugh for providing some company on this hot, sunny day. Weather: Another hot day (26C) with winds from the south/southeast. No cloud cover all day and very light winds made watching from the top of the tower rather unpleasant, so we moved to the lower level for some of the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Only 10 individual raptors were seen today, marking our slowest day of the season so far. An immature Peregrine Falcon was the main highlight. Non-raptor Observations: Today had lower overall diversity than the previous days, with only 64 species recorded and 6 warbler species. The swallows were around in smaller numbers as well, with only 300 Purple Martin hunting over the marsh. Highlights from today included Olive-sided Flycatcher and Greater Scaup. To view all non raptor species today check out this eBird list https://ebird.org/checklist/S194075019 You can also look at this trip report to see all sightings from this month, which will be updated daily. https://ebird.org/tripreport/272198 Predictions: Tomorrow the wind is predicted to shift to the north in the afternoon, but there is also rain in the forecast which may get in the way. If the rain holds off in the afternoon there could be a small flight, but it's hard to say right now. Saturday looks more promising, with clear skies and northwest winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Kiah Jasper (kiahbirder@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