Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 142 8323 15507 Osprey 0 1 12 Bald Eagle 0 29 281 Northern Harrier 2 68 386 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 983 4829 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 138 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 79 80 Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 65701 Red-tailed Hawk 0 405 581 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 323 1715 Merlin 0 8 67 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 60 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: 158 10317 89359 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Hugh Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, Olga Klekner, Paul Pratt, Peter Veighey Visitors: Thank you to all of our visitors today including Paul, Michelle, Peter, Bob, Chip, and Olga. Weather: The weather today was warm and clear with mostly Southerly winds. The wind was very weak and as a result many non-raptor species were spotted today from the tower. Raptor Observations: There is very little to report on the raptor front today. The weak and south winds kept most of the raptors north of us. This morning we spotted a few sharp-shinned hawks, harriers, and a peregrine who caught a fancy tree swallow breakfast. Later In the day we spotted a kettle of turkey vultures far to the north, but not much after that. Non-raptor Observations: The lack of wind and raptors gave us another opportunity to spot some non-raptor species. New species today include marsh wren, hermit thrush and dark-eyed junco. There were lots of bugs around today and this caused hundreds of swallows, ring-billed gulls, herring gulls and Bonaparte's gulls to swarm over the marsh. Quite a sight! https://ebird.org/checklist/S120018440 Predictions: Tomorrow will be another warm day with southwest winds. We may not see large numbers of raptors, but you never know! Regardless, there is always something to see from the tower to keep things interesting. Always worth a visit! ======================================================================== 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