Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1620 30291 31149 Osprey 0 10 35 Bald Eagle 1 47 139 Northern Harrier 3 110 352 Sharp-shinned Hawk 43 1806 4197 Cooper's Hawk 3 97 159 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 47 47 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 7 195 339 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 2 420 1641 Merlin 1 17 98 Peregrine Falcon 1 21 42 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 7 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1681 33937 63992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: We had three brave visitors today, Nancy, Cathy and Nia! Thank you for bundling up and spending time with us on the tower. Weather: A relatively chilly day on the tower with a full cloud cover all day and winds blowing South-West at about 30km/h, which definitely cooled us down. The rain held off, but we had some spitting of rain during some parts of the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Not much flying today in this kind of wind. The day started out promising with many Sharp-shined Hawks, and we ended with a daily total of 43 Sharp-shinned Hawks. The Turkey Vultures kept us busy as we counted 1,620 of them during the day. A few other species flew by including Harriers (3), Red-tailed Hawks (7), Cooper's Hawks (3), Kestrels (2), a Merlin and a Peregrine Falcon. In the afternoon, the raptor appearances were quite bleak and no raptors flew in the last hour of our count. Non-raptor Observations: Not much else flying either today, yet we are still counting very high number of ducks on the marsh. Highest counts are goin to the Gadwalls (485), Widgeons (213), and Mallards (649). We had a small group of songbirds circling the tower in the morning which had Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets, a Phoebe and Yellow-rumped Warblers. We also counted a significant number of tree swallows flying and feeding over the marsh through out the day. Lastly, we only counted 503 Blue Jays, 30 Starlings, 22 Cedar Waxwings, and 8 Goldfinches. https://ebird.org/checklist/S60676007 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting winds from the North-West! Northern winds have eluded us for a while and we are really hoping they will along some buteos, like Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks. The temperature is expected to be similar to today but with more sun. Should be a good day for hawk migration! ======================================================================== 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