Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1025 24905 25763 Osprey 2 10 35 Bald Eagle 2 39 131 Northern Harrier 0 99 341 Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 1610 4001 Cooper's Hawk 4 83 145 Northern Goshawk 1 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 46 46 Broad-winged Hawk 0 861 25771 Red-tailed Hawk 5 168 312 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 3 395 1616 Merlin 1 13 94 Peregrine Falcon 1 15 36 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 1 7 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1086 28257 58312 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Cramer, Dan Lumm, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: Many visitors stopped today to enjoy a nice sunny fall day. Early to the tower were Nicole a Graduate Student from the University of Windsor and her dad Barry, and Kim and Richard from Toronto. The afternoon brought multiple families, and people from Amherstburg, Windsor, Kingsville and Oxley. We welcomed Tara and her grandson Aidan a great young birder, and Leon. Special thank yous to Cramer and Dan Lumm for spending the entire day with me on the tower, and to Liz and Hugh Kent for helping spot the birds in the afternoon. Weather: Beautiful sunny skies today with winds all day from the SW, gusting up to 25 kmph, but strong all day long. Cloudless skies, temperatures starting the count were only 11.4 C, warming to 17.5 C by the afternoon. Raptor Observations: The strong south west winds pushed the raptors to the North side of the marsh for the most part. Turkey Vultures flew in numbers-1025, and we had a smattering of other birds. 10 Raptor species in all today, our highlight was the second Northern Goshawk of the season on the north shore of the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: The high winds kept the song birds down for most of the day. We had Blue Jays moving in the morning- 1090, and 50 Tree Swallows feeding for several hours over the ponds near the tower. Duck numbers are once again building in the marsh. A nice flyby of a Common Loon was a treat today full list available at:https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60599179 Predictions: Partly cloudy skies with winds from the west. Temperatures will be similar to today. Happy Thanksgiving to all the families in Canada. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawklady1@aol.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