Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 154 47103 49207 Osprey 0 4 9 Bald Eagle 0 20 53 Northern Harrier 3 354 564 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 3881 7830 Cooper's Hawk 2 179 251 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 424 425 Broad-winged Hawk 0 195 45368 Red-tailed Hawk 31 1786 1970 Rough-legged Hawk 1 4 4 Golden Eagle 0 6 6 American Kestrel 0 715 1927 Merlin 0 51 154 Peregrine Falcon 1 50 106 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 206 54774 107879 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Elizabeth Kent Visitors: We appreciate all the interest in the tower and the hawk watch but remind everyone that the tower remains closed to members of the public and has a three-person limit reserved for the Hawk Counters. Thank you to all who are respecting these precautions. Be safe everyone! Weather: Overcast all day with very gentle wind from the north-west. Rain and hail late afternoon, temperature around 6c all day. Raptor Observations: Slow day due to no sun and little wind making thermal migration difficult. Buteos again low and often perching. However, highlight of the day was a Rough-legged Hawk in the early afternoon. Low numbers of Red-tailed (31), Red-shouldered (10) and Sharp-shinned Hawks (4). There was a small Turkey Vulture (154) migration in the middle of the day. An early surprise was a Peregrine low over the Marsh. Non-raptor Observations: Quite a varied day with good numbers of blackbirds; Red-Winged 1180 and Rusty 530. It was great to see and hear lots of Rusty Blackbirds resting in the trees around the tower. Good variety of winter finches, but no Evening Grosbeaks seen today. A single Eastern Bluebird perched and a good number of American Robins (78) were seen. Cedar waxwings made a comeback (102). As ever the marsh was full of waterfowl, but also the lake was interesting with Redhead, Greater Scaup and Ruddy Duck seen. A full list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S75502936 Predictions: Tomorrow should bring brighter conditions with partial cloud cover. A fresh wind from the south-west may give Turkey Vultures and buteos lift and any sun may help thermals to form. So hopefully we should see more migration tomorrow than 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: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100