Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 7 7 Osprey 0 3 3 Bald Eagle 0 8 8 Northern Harrier 9 31 31 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 15 15 Cooper's Hawk 2 9 9 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 26 26 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 22 22 Merlin 3 6 6 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 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 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 24 133 133 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagne Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: Thank you to Noel, Chip, Dana and Bob Hall-Brookes for their visit today and their help sighting raptors. Weather: Today's weather started out warm with very calm winds from the West, but quickly changed directions to more southerly winds for the rest of the day. We experienced some rain mid-day, only to finish off with temperatures rising to 28 degrees Celsius by the end of the day. Raptor Observations: Today was all about the Northern Harriers (9) and the Sharp-shinned hawk (9) migration. Our day finished with two gorgeous female Merlins. As usual, we were greeted by our local Ospreys, juvenile and adult Bald Eagle and Turkey Vultures. Non-raptor Observations: Today's main attraction came from 296 Monarchs. We also observed many Cedar Waxwings, Purple Martins, Tree swallows and starlings. We also had a boost in Ruby-throated hummingbirds. The warblers are slowly starting to migrate, but did manage to see 5 Wilson's warblers around the tower. The day's highlight was the sight of an otter swimming in the marsh by the tower! After carefully looking at a few pictures snapped at the last second, we are quite positive that what we saw was definitely an otter. Hopefully, it will make another appearance. Monarchs: 296 Cedear Waxwings: 180 Purple martins: 128 Tree swallows: 113 Starlings: 128 Ruby-throated humming birds: 22 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59564053 Predictions: Tomorrow, we are expecting winds from the North in the morning, changing to North-West later in the day. We hope that these favourable winds will bring us a steady stream of Northern Harrier, Red-tails, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagne (maryse.gagn...@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
