Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2571 41108 41966 Osprey 0 10 35 Bald Eagle 4 77 169 Northern Harrier 13 141 383 Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 2106 4497 Cooper's Hawk 4 126 188 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 55 55 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 47 324 468 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 0 440 1661 Merlin 0 19 100 Peregrine Falcon 0 23 44 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: 2671 45307 75362 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Dave Martin, Jeremy Hatt Observers: Bob Pettit, Jeremy Hatt, John Winebrenner, Kory Renaud, Linda Wladarski, Lisa Silvey Visitors: Many thanks to all the keen observers who helped the official counters Jeremy Hatt and Dave Martin today, including Linda Wladarski, Kory Renaud, Bob Pettit, John Winebrenner and Lisa Silvey from Indiana, Jim McCoy, Kit McCann, Bob Hall-Brooks, Frank and Nancy from Michigan, Noel and Juliette and Anthony Cunnington. All those keen eyes certainly made a difference. Weather: Pleasant conditions on the Tower with a nice clear day only clouding over at the end and temperatures getting up to high teens by end of the afternoon. Unfortunately the wind varied from S to SE and was relatively brisk. Raptor Observations: Relatively slow day with only notable numbers of Turkey Vultures (2571) and Red-tailed Hawks (47). Non-raptor Observations: The slow raptor day was compensated for in spades by the non raptor sightings. The bird of the day was a NELSONS SPARROW found searching for food in the reedy grass next to the pond by Kory Renaud and seen by many. There were also good numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds (2540), American Crow (389), Tree Swallows (230) and notable others including Eastern Meadowlark, Horned Lark, American Pipit and Solitary Sandpiper bringing the total list to 59. List at https://ebird.org/checklist/S60769338 Predictions: Similar temperatures and slower winds from the SE will hopefully improve conditions for migrating buteos. Partly cloudy skies should be ideal for observation of higher flying raptors. It will be worth keeping a look out for the Nelson's Sparrow as it was still present at 6pm today. ======================================================================== 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