Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 922 42030 42888 Osprey 0 10 35 Bald Eagle 0 77 169 Northern Harrier 11 152 394 Sharp-shinned Hawk 102 2208 4599 Cooper's Hawk 11 137 199 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 57 57 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 20 344 488 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 4 444 1665 Merlin 0 19 100 Peregrine Falcon 1 24 45 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 1 8 9 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1074 46381 76436 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Cramer, Jim McCoy, John Winebrenner, Lisa Silvey, Scott Fauteux Visitors: Many of our regulars were out to the tower today along with many local families enjoying the nice weather. Thanks to Cramer, John & Lisa from IN, Scott & Rochelle from Windsor, as well ad, Richard & Kim from Toronto. In the afternoon we had first time visitors from Lansing MI, Barb & Yogi who graciously adopted the hatch year Red-shouldered Hawk that was brought up to the tower. We hope to see all of you again in the near future. Weather: Partly sunny skies with very light southerly winds. Temperatures started this morning at 13 C and rose to 17 C at one point in the afternoon when we saw the most sunshine. A beautiful day for the people enjoying the park. Raptor Observations: A very slow start to the day did build in numbers later in the morning and early afternoon. The Resident Bald Eagles were visible this morning, and the local Osprey both immature and adult were once again present in the marsh. Turkey Vultures continue to move this afternoon with a total of 992. Northern Harriers made a showing of 11 birds, and Sharp=shinned hawks are still pushing through. Very few Buteos today. Non-raptor Observations: Murmurations of European Starlings-10,300 kept us entertained today between hawks migrating. We had some continued movement of Blue Jays, though their numbers were quite low-630. American Crows were on the move with 774 crossing through today. Mixed Blackbird flocks are moving through as well, and those that stopped in the trees around the tower we found a total of 29 Rusty Blackbirds among the Red-winged Blackbirds. There was some variety of ducks in the marsh. see full list at ebird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S60805775 Predictions: Mild temperatures continue with winds from the SE, but we see a 60% chance of showers. ======================================================================== 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