Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 99 47062 47920 Osprey 0 11 36 Bald Eagle 4 97 189 Northern Harrier 4 196 438 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 2506 4897 Cooper's Hawk 1 164 226 Northern Goshawk 0 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 179 179 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 5 572 716 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 0 481 1702 Merlin 1 25 106 Peregrine Falcon 2 28 49 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: 126 52206 82261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Elizabeth Kent Visitors: Thanks to our visitors Eric Kendall and Cindy Sharp, Tara and Leanna and Douglas Madill for all taking a keen interest in our hawk counting activities. Weather: Majority of day was overcast with high winds from the SW. Not as cold as yesterday, with the temperature about 11 degC Raptor Observations: Good variety of raptors today but in low numbers as they all struggled against the high wind from the SW. Highlight of the day were 2 Peregrines flying close to the tower. Non-raptor Observations: High winds seemed to supress variety and numbers of non raptors apart from on the marsh where duck numbers were still high; Mallard (1115), Gadwall (648) and Ring-necked Duck (425). It was good to see our first Canvasback flying over the marsh and Tree Swallows and Rusty Blackbirds still around. Ebird list at https://ebird.org/checklist/S60981718 Predictions: A brighter day with slightly higher temperatures and much lower wind than today. Wind is still from the S/SW, not the best for migration but lower winds and brighter day will hopefully encourage greater numbers of raptors. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@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