Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 583 47645 48503 Osprey 0 11 36 Bald Eagle 1 98 190 Northern Harrier 6 202 444 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 2535 4926 Cooper's Hawk 4 168 230 Northern Goshawk 1 6 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 13 192 192 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 49 621 765 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 0 481 1702 Merlin 0 25 106 Peregrine Falcon 2 30 51 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 11 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 688 52894 82949 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent Visitors: A big thank you to Michelle for her lovely visit at the tower for the better part of the afternoon! We also welcomed a visit from Duncan from ERCA and a group of young and avid naturalists. Last but not least, we had a wonderful visit from Tim Jarrold and a superb Red-tailed hawk to be released from the tower. Weather: An absolutely gorgeous day on the tower, where the mercury hit 16 degrees Celsius! It's almost November, how incredible!! We definitely enjoyed it very much, it'll help us to keep going as the temperatures drop later this week. The wind also blew very weakly from the South and clear blue skies were all around us. Raptor Observations: Started with a very slow morning, only counting a few Sharp-shinned hawks, but the day picked up and we finished with 13 Red-shouldered Hawks, and 49 Red-tailed Hawks as well as 583 Turkey Vultures. Sprinkled through out the day are our usual Sharp-shinned Hawks (29), Cooper's Hawks (4), Northern Harriers (6) including a stunning male and two Peregrine falcons. Lastly, we counted another immature Northern Goshawk flying nice and low above us, what an incredible sight! Non-raptor Observations: The sky was full of a variety of Starlings, Red-winged Blackbirds and American Crows today! There was always something flying above us. The marsh is also full to the brim of waterfowl, including Coots (404), Ring-necked Ducks (813) and Gadwalls (478). Many species are in attendance, but our highlights include Buffleheads, Ruddy Ducks and Hooded Mergansers. Check out our full ebird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61007851 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting another nice day with fairly warm temperature and winds blowing steadily from the South-West all day. We hope for more Red-tailed and shouldered Hawks, Northern Harriers, and of course, for more Golden Eagles (fingers crossed!). ======================================================================== 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