Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1114 22209 23067 Osprey 0 4 29 Bald Eagle 0 26 118 Northern Harrier 6 96 338 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 1515 3906 Cooper's Hawk 1 74 136 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 46 46 Broad-winged Hawk 0 861 25771 Red-tailed Hawk 15 159 303 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 1 380 1601 Merlin 0 12 93 Peregrine Falcon 1 14 35 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 6 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1151 25407 55462 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Visitors: Thank you Stan and John for their visit, as well as a lovely young family who visited to collect data on the types of birds we see on the marsh. There are a few up and coming researchers in that group! Thank you to all for your visit! Weather: Another really nice day on the tower, really enjoying these days before it eventually gets cold! Morning winds came from the North, but shifted and blew more from the East and South-East for the rest of the day. Not much of a cloud cover, giving the raptors the opportunity to soar very high. Raptor Observations: It was a slow day on the tower. During the first couple of hours, I only counted a few Sharp-shinned Hawks (9) and Northern Harriers (6). Eventually, the Turkey Vultures started to fly and I ended the day with a total of 1,114 Turkey Vultures. Amongst them were a handful of Red-tailed Hawks (15), and one Red-shouldered Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: Slow day for the non-raptor species as well. I only counted 8,290 Blue Jays, and fewer of our regular species. A small group of songbirds circled the tower in the morning, including Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Northern Parula, and Ruby-crowned Kinlgets. The highlight on the day was an Eastern Towhee at the base of the tower. Blue Jays: 8,290 Starling: 580 Cedar Waxwing: 59 American Goldfinch: 108 Red-winged Blackbird: 75 White-throated Sparrow: 5 American Coot: 139 Bonaparte's Gull: 120 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60512066 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting another very pleasant and warm day on the tower, however with winds coming from the South-East all day. Also, it looks like the rain will hold off until the evening, which is always a bonus! We hope for more Turkey Vultures and Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagné (maryse.gagne35@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