Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 313 46963 47821 Osprey 0 11 36 Bald Eagle 2 93 185 Northern Harrier 3 192 434 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 2496 4887 Cooper's Hawk 1 163 225 Northern Goshawk 0 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 25 179 179 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 33 567 711 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 0 481 1702 Merlin 0 24 105 Peregrine Falcon 0 26 47 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 11 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 388 52080 82135 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Elizabeth Kent Visitors: A quiet morning but thanks to Owen and John for bringing a magnificent hatch year Red-tailed Hawk for release. Weather: Overcast day with winds from NE, rain from midday Raptor Observations: NE winds did bring a few buteos, with great views of adult Red-shouldered Hawks just over the tower. Low numbers generally but notable were Red-shouldered (25), Red-tailed (33) and Turkey Vulture (313). Later in the morning birds were further to the north. Non-raptor Observations: Today was all about American Crows (8750), a big migration west steadily all morning until the rain came. Also big blackbird movement in mixed flocks - Red- wings, Grackles and Rustys. Bigger numbers and variety of ducks on the marsh, especially Ring-necked Duck (1048), Gadwall (428) and Mallard (558). Good to see Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck. List at https://ebird.org/checklist/S60953325 Predictions: Possible rain in the morning, but hopefully clearing early, bringing further buteos. ======================================================================== 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: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100