Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2440 27345 28203 Osprey 0 10 35 Bald Eagle 6 45 137 Northern Harrier 3 102 344 Sharp-shinned Hawk 126 1736 4127 Cooper's Hawk 4 87 149 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 47 47 Broad-winged Hawk 2 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 11 179 323 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 17 412 1633 Merlin 2 15 96 Peregrine Falcon 4 19 40 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: 2616 30873 60928 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Maryse Gagné Observers: Chip Ogglesby, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: We had good numbers of visitors to the tower on Thanksgiving Day. Thanks to Chip and Kim and Richard from Toronto for great help in spotting. Also thanks to all the other visitors who showed a keen interest including Naveed and Mohammed, David and Andrea from Toronto, Jeremy and Jennifer from LaSalle, Steven from Vancouver and Kevin from Windsor. Weather: The day started with a strong westerly wind and a temperature of 9 degC. The wind remained in the west throughout the day only gaining a slight north component at the end of the afternoon. At the end of the day the wind lessened and the sun came out! Raptor Observations: Another day of relatively constant streams of Turkey Vultures (2440). Total species were 11. We had a good variety of raptors but in low numbers including all the falcons, Northern harrier and Red-tailed, Broad-winged and Red-shouldered Hawks. Sharp-shinned Hawks (126), were the only other species with slightly higher numbers. Non-raptor Observations: The birds of the day were 2 American White Pelican flying over the marsh then heading west. We also saw 4 Sandhill Cranes flying to the north. Ducks are increasing on the marsh with again good numbers of Gadwall and American Wigeon. Big numbers of American Goldfinch (472) and Chimney Swift (206) flew north over us today. A few songbirds appeared at the end of the day with the sun and reducing wind. Ebird list at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60628060 Predictions: North winds overnight turning south in the morning. Tomorrow is predicted to be a bit warmer and maybe rain in the afternoon. Hopefully more raptors will be encouraged to fly in the morning with the absence of a head wind, especially buteos. Overnight north winds may bring more songbirds. ======================================================================== 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