Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 117 46650 47508 Osprey 0 11 36 Bald Eagle 3 91 183 Northern Harrier 10 189 431 Sharp-shinned Hawk 57 2485 4876 Cooper's Hawk 1 162 224 Northern Goshawk 0 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 154 154 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 9 534 678 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 0 481 1702 Merlin 1 24 105 Peregrine Falcon 0 26 47 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 11 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 199 51692 81747 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Ian Woodfield, Larry Ludwicki Visitors: Thank you to Larry Ludwicki and Ian Woodfield for their support counting the few Sharp-shinned Hawks and Blackbirds flying above us. Also thank you to Neil, Dan and Diane for their help and company in the afternoon. Lastly, thank you to Chip Ogglesby for bringing up a gorgeous Northern Harrier and to Tim Jarrold for showing off a beautiful Cooper's hawk and a feisty Merlin to a us and a school group, much appreciated! Weather: Relatively cool day on the tower today, especially given winds from the North and a thick cloud cover not letting a ray of sunshine peak through. Raptor Observations: Well even with Northern winds, not many raptors migrated over the tower today with our daily count just short of 200 birds. Thankfully in the afternoon, a small flight of Turkey Vultures came through (117), which increased our total number of birds. Apart from Turkey Vultures, our most frequent flyer were the Sharp-shinned Hawks (57), followed by the Northern Harriers (10). Only a few Red-tailed hawks (9), and one Red-shouldered Hawk flew over us; quite disappointing after such a nice day yesterday. Non-raptor Observations: At least the Red-winged Blackbirds kept us company today, with a daily total of 1,480! Starlings were also seen in big numbers (1,225) as well as American Crows (930). At the end of the day, we had a lovely group of Ruby and Golden-Crowned Kinglets surrounding the tower. Daily highlights included a Brown Creeper at the base of the tower and 5 Bufflehead ducks spotted in the marsh! Check out our full e-bird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S60925171 Predictions: Chilly morning tomorrow but with some sunshine and winds coming from the North and East my mid-morning. We are expecting rain tomorrow afternoon, but hopefully it'll wait until we count a good number of raptors. We are still hoping for more buetos, Northern Harriers and maybe a Golden Eagle. ======================================================================== 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