Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 299 42329 43187 Osprey 0 10 35 Bald Eagle 0 77 169 Northern Harrier 2 154 396 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 2217 4608 Cooper's Hawk 6 143 205 Northern Goshawk 1 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 60 60 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 38 382 526 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 3 447 1668 Merlin 1 20 101 Peregrine Falcon 1 25 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 8 9 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 363 46744 76799 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: We welcomed a visit from a couple from Alberta and their daughter from Wheatly, thanks for stopping by! Our other visitor was Tim who brought us the lovely Northern Goshawk to be released on the tower, what a treat! Weather: An overcast day with winds blowing steadily from the South-East all day. Overall temperatures were not very cold, but the rain came around 2:45, and we called it a day at that point. Raptor Observations: On a day where we did not expect many buteos, we were surprised with a high number of Red-tailed hawks (38) and a few Red-shouldered Hawks (3)! We only counted 9 Sharp-shinned hawks and 299 Turkey Vultures; lower numbers than usual. All three species of falcons came along (Kestrel, Merlin and Peregrine) as well as a Northern Goshawk! The immature was caught by the lake banding station and brought to the tower to be released. The hawk migrated soon after being released, we wish luck on it's journey! Non-raptor Observations: Today was all about the American Crows! We counted 1,187 crows flying over head in big groups. We also counted many Starling murmurations and large flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds. We were delighted to count a group of 24 Chimney Swifts, and two Trumpeter Swans flying above the marsh around noon. We are still seeing high numbers of ducks on the marsh including Pintails, Ruddy Ducks, Green-winged Teals, Northern Shovelers, and Ring-necked ducks. https://ebird.org/checklist/S60769338 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting a sunny day with winds blowing strongly from the South and South-West. Hopefully, more buteos will fly above us and not too far North of the tower. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagné (maryse.gagne35@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