Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1451 24700 31884 Osprey 0 2 13 Bald Eagle 0 32 284 Northern Harrier 7 162 480 Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 1713 5559 Cooper's Hawk 8 92 184 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 91 92 Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 65701 Red-tailed Hawk 18 516 692 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 2 2 American Kestrel 2 490 1882 Merlin 1 31 90 Peregrine Falcon 2 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: 1532 27906 106948 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Linda Goodhue, Liz Kent, Ralph Billingsley Visitors: Thanks for Ralph and Linda's help in spotting the passing hawks. There were plenty of visitors again today, really interested to learn all about the Hawk Watch and the birds that can be seen from Tower. Some were able to see Hawks up close as a number of banded Hawks were brought to the tower. Weather: Another pleasant day on the tower. The temperature hovered around mid-teens all day, cloudy at the beginning and end of the day but for the rest only a few scattered clouds. Wind from the southwest started strong but reduced to light by the middle of the day. Visibility was good. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures (1451) again dominated, mostly passing to the north. A sub adult Golden Eagle was spotted around midday trying to sneak by with a bunch of Turkey Vultures. Sharp-shinned numbers (40) were reduced as were the falcons, but a few more buteos were seen; 18 Red-tailed Hawks and 2 Red-shouldered Hawks. Northern Harriers (7) and proportionately more Cooper's Hawk (8) were also observed today. Non-raptor Observations: Ducks again dominated with 9 species seen including new for season Canvasback, flying over the Marsh towards the Detroit River. Shorebirds are still present with new for season Long-billed Dowitchers seen being flushed from the marsh probably by a passing Bald Eagle. Another notable event was a good early morning migration of American Robin (284) which had seemed to fill the park the previous evening. American Goldfinches (480) continue to pass by in good numbers. Red-winged Blackbird (610) numbers are starting to build. Yellow-rumped Warbler continue to be ever present, but it was good to spot late Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120811199 Predictions: It is forecast to be colder tomorrow with the wind strong from the west. A slight chance of rain is forecast for the afternoon which may discourage raptor migration. Let's hope the stronger winds will encourage the raptors to come before the rain arrives. ======================================================================== 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: 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