Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 1 1 Northern Harrier 1 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 2 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 5 5 5 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 2 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 2 2 Merlin 2 2 2 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: 17 17 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Chad Cornish, Liz Kent Visitors: Many thanks to Chad for helping observe on our first day. It was quite busy with 41 visitors to the Tower, many of whom showed a great interest in the Hawk Watch. Weather: Very pleasant day, blue sky with very good visibility, humidity low. Wind light from NE initially, turning south. Temperature initially high teens finishing up in high twenties. Raptor Observations: A good start in terms of species seen - 8. Low numbers however, probably to be expected early in September. Broad-winged Hawks leading the pack with 5 seen, 2 each of Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel and Merlin. Singles of Bald Eagle and Northern Harrier. Non-raptor Observations: Nearly got to 50 species seen. Highlights were 2 Red headed Woodpeckers and 7 American White Pelicans high west over the marsh. Warblers were a little disappointing with only 4 species seen. Reasonable numbers of Cedar Waxwing whizzing around. The list can be seen at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148710765 Predictions: With winds from the south west tomorrow, I guess it will be much of the same, but always hoping that Hawk numbers will increase. ======================================================================== 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