Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1669 26369 33553 Osprey 0 2 13 Bald Eagle 0 32 284 Northern Harrier 8 170 488 Sharp-shinned Hawk 254 1967 5813 Cooper's Hawk 2 94 186 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 92 93 Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 65701 Red-tailed Hawk 22 538 714 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 74 564 1956 Merlin 6 37 96 Peregrine Falcon 0 32 84 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 2036 29942 108984 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Our sole visitor today was Noel, who performed his dual task of counting raptors and keeping our chilly spirits up, to the highest degree. Thank you Noel! Weather: The count was cut short today due to weather. High winds from the west and rain are forecasted to persist the rest of the day. The beginning of the day Wass very windy and cold, around 7C. Raptor Observations: A continuous stream of turkey vultures was present all morning to the north, with 236 sharpies and 73 kestrels. This morning was filled with kestrels before the sharp-shins arrived. We had good numbers of red-tailed hawks, some flying with the turkey vultures to the north, and others closer to the tower. There were harriers, coopers hawks and a red-shouldered hawk present as well. We had a good number of merlins, we counted 6 before 2pm! Non-raptor Observations: The ebird list is rather short today due to the weather. There were many ducks on the marsh today, many close to the tower. The most numerous were American coot and gadwall. We spotted a new species today flying over the tower: redheads! They appeared just as the sun came out for a moment, giving us a good look. https://ebird.org/checklist/S120851043 Predictions: Tomorrow looks like another chilly, drizzly day on the tower. There should be a dry period in the morning where we are likely to see raptors; turkey vultures, sharpies and most likely kestrels. Hopefully they tow in some merlins, peregrines and harriers (and golden eagles, fingers crossed!) ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/hbmo/hbmo-hawk-watch-fall-2022