Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 328 16106 16964 Osprey 2 4 29 Bald Eagle 2 21 113 Northern Harrier 1 76 318 Sharp-shinned Hawk 163 1225 3616 Cooper's Hawk 1 47 109 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 22 22 Broad-winged Hawk 0 855 25765 Red-tailed Hawk 0 100 244 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 7 360 1581 Merlin 0 10 91 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 30 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 4 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 504 18844 48899 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 6.25 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Very few visitors today. Richard and Kim from Toronto spent half the day with me, and a trio from Grosse Pointe MI came for a couple of hours later in the afternoon. Weather: Complete cloud filled sky for the first hours of the count. Haze over the marsh, that quickly changed to drizzle and then to steady rain for the first hour and a half. Winds out of the S or SW all day. The afternoon brought some sunshine, and break in the clouds, but winds were stubbornly blowing the birds inland. Raptor Observations: South winds no doubt kept some raptors waiting for a more favorable wind. We had a fair number of Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned hawks today. Only 7 species total. The resident Bald Eagles were hunting the marsh, and showing off for the visitors on the tower. Non-raptor Observations: Nice mixed flocks of songbirds around the tower this morning. Many Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers and even a few Red-eyed Vireos. Sparrows species were represented but the star of the show where Chimney Swifts 54, Tree Swallows 247, and Blue Jays 6120 full report at: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60409358 Predictions: West winds tomorrow with partly sunny skies and mild temperatures. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawklady1@aol.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