Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1062 19018 26202 Osprey 0 2 13 Bald Eagle 0 32 284 Northern Harrier 3 134 452 Sharp-shinned Hawk 67 1455 5301 Cooper's Hawk 3 69 161 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 87 88 Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 65701 Red-tailed Hawk 5 482 658 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 12 388 1780 Merlin 4 23 82 Peregrine Falcon 6 27 79 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 1162 21761 100803 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to all our visitors today including Noel. Weather: What a windy day today! Winds were very strong from the southwest today, partially cloudy with a few drizzles here and there. Raptor Observations: Despite the south winds, we had a good number of raptors seen today. Turkey vultures glided across the shore for most of the day, and some passed to the north. There were a good number of falcons today, including 12 kestrels, 4 merlins and 6 peregrines. We've officially surpassed 100,000 raptors for the 2022 migration season! Non-raptor Observations: The non-raptor checklist is a tad bit shorter than usual, due to the wind. However, we did see some great birds today, including a female summer tanager and a pelican! Be sure to check out the eBird list for a photo of the summer tanager taken by Noel Herdman. Thanks Noel! There were also much fewer ducks on the marsh today, the majority were gadwall. https://ebird.org/checklist/S120610025 Predictions: Tomorrow may be similar to today, with high southwest winds and partly cloudy. It will be a chilly day! I’m sure we will get some hawks tomorrow. Hopefully more falcons in this blustery weather. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.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 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/hbmo/hbmo-hawk-watch-fall-2022