Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 437 26806 33990 Osprey 0 2 13 Bald Eagle 1 33 285 Northern Harrier 6 176 494 Sharp-shinned Hawk 189 2156 6002 Cooper's Hawk 8 102 194 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 92 93 Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 65701 Red-tailed Hawk 20 558 734 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 27 591 1983 Merlin 0 37 96 Peregrine Falcon 7 39 91 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: 695 30638 109680 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to our visitors today, including Mary-Lou and Vernon from Toronto and Keri from Vancouver. Thank you to Noel for assisting our observations today, we appreciate your continued dedication! Weather: The weather today began cold and blustery, wind from the west and slightly northern early this morning. Unfortunately, we were rained out again by mid-day. Raptor Observations: After looking at photos of a raptor taken yesterday by Noel Herdman, we have concluded that we saw the first northern goshawk of the season! Although we were rained out today, we had a busy morning. Seven peregrines were counted today, thank you Chip for bringing a banded female up to the tower. There were many sharp shinned hawks flying over the tower with some, but less, kestrels. Turkey vultures were flying mostly to the north. A handful of red-tailed hawks and harriers were seen today and one red-shouldered hawk. Non-raptor Observations: There were lots of ducks on the marsh today and numbers will likely keep increasing throughout the season. Many gadwall, ring-necked duck and American coot again today, with s few northern shoveler, American black duck and wigeon. There were very few passerines around, however we did spot a couple kinglets, sparrows, and robins. https://ebird.org/checklist/S120901723 Predictions: Tomorrow looks cold and windy again, however there may be northern component winds which may bring some birds. As evidence today, the peregrines love flying in this weather! After tomorrow, the temperatures are warming slightly, making for a beautiful weekend of hawk-watching! ======================================================================== 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