Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1740 20758 27942 Osprey 0 2 13 Bald Eagle 0 32 284 Northern Harrier 7 141 459 Sharp-shinned Hawk 48 1503 5349 Cooper's Hawk 7 76 168 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 89 90 Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 65701 Red-tailed Hawk 8 490 666 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 27 415 1807 Merlin 1 24 83 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 1840 23601 102643 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Hugh Kent, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, Mike Rajki, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to all our visitors today. Thank you to Michelle, Bob, Mike, Noel and Juliette for their help counting today. Weather: The weather today started out cloudy, cold and windy, but quickly turned warm and pleasantly sunny. Wind was from the south all day, however we still had a good amount of raptors. Raptor Observations: The majority of birds today were Turkey vultures today, coming overhead from the east and far to the north. There were a handful of close red-tails and a red-shoulder which flew very close to the tower. Kestrels were happy to fly in the wind today, followed by many sharpies and a few harriers. Non-raptor Observations: When the clouds cleared and warmed up a bit, there were many waterfowl on the marsh. Many, many coots and gadwalls, some pintails and wigeon. We were very excited to see and hear a large group of horned lark fly over the tower. Huge murmurations of starlings were flying over the marsh again today. The trumpeter swan is still present too. https://ebird.org/checklist/S120665330 Predictions: Tomorrow is Hawktober Fest! The wind will be southerly, however we still should be seeing raptors in similar numbers to today. Come out to witness October migration! ======================================================================== 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