Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 840 840 50076 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 9 9 202 Northern Harrier 2 2 459 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 25 4993 Cooper's Hawk 5 5 242 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 14 229 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 25774 Red-tailed Hawk 59 59 877 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 3 American Kestrel 2 2 1712 Merlin 0 0 107 Peregrine Falcon 3 3 54 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 5 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 960 960 84792 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Dave Martin, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent, Linda Wladarski Visitors: We welcomed a few visitors today! Thank you to Dave Martin and Linda Wladarski for their help spotting raptors, and to Tara for her visit at the end of the day. We were also visited twice by Tim Jarrold who brought us two Red-tailed Hawks and later he brought us another gorgeous Peregrine Falcon to be released from the tower! Weather: Hello November! A quite chilly day on the tower, with temperature hovering around 3 degrees Celsius all day. It would have been bearable if not for the steady 25 km/h winds all day. Despite it all, the sun came out periodically for the last few hours giving us much needed warmth. Raptor Observations: Today was a good day as we counted 960 raptors over 10 species. Our highlight today was a Broad-winged Hawk flying right over the tower, what a lovely surprise! We also counted many buteos; 14 Red-shouldered Hawks and 59 Red-tailed Hawks. Of course the usual Sharp-shinned Hawks (25) and Turkey Vultures (840) made their appearance along with 9 Bald Eagles. Lastly, we counted a few falcons including 2 American Kestrels and 3 Peregrine falcons. Non-raptor Observations: A pretty standard day on the tower for non-raptors species. We counted flocks of Red-winged blackbirds and Starlings, but not in as high numbers we had earlier in the week. Our highlight came from 35 Tundra Swans flying above the marsh! To our surprise we are still counting Tree Swallows flying above the tower. Ducks are still very abundant in the marsh, with Ring-necked ducks taking the cake at 1,640 individuals. Many other species are present and in high numbers. Check out our full ebird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61099983 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting another chilly day, with some mix of snow and rain for most of the day, with some periods of sun. The wind will be blowing steadily from the South-West and West. Hopefully we will see more Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks and some Northern Harriers. We are due for more Golden Eagles soon and our first Rough-legged Hawks of the season, maybe they'll come tomorrow. ======================================================================== 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