[Ontbirds] Holiday Beach Hawk Watch (31 Oct 2019) Raptors
Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2019
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Turkey Vulture 0 48378 49236
Osprey 0 11 36
Bald Eagle 0 101 193
Northern Harrier 0 215 457
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2577 4968
Cooper's Hawk 0 175 237
Northern Goshawk 0 6 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 215 215
Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773
Red-tailed Hawk 0 674 818
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 3
American Kestrel 0 489 1710
Merlin 0 26 107
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 0 53777 83832
Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 10:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent
Observers: Elizabeth Kent
Visitors:
Not unsurprisingly, no visitors to the tower today, but we did meet 2
visitors in the park, Ed and Lynn Daniel.
Weather:
Overcast with heavy rain, wind from N.
Raptor Observations:
No raptors, not even Northern Harriers that have sometimes been known to
fly in the rain. So we curtailed the watch at 10am given the forecast was
for continuing rain.
Non-raptor Observations:
This was definitely a day for ducks! Usual numbers of ducks but variety
reduced as we probably missed some of the lower numbered species because of
the reduced visibility. Other birds were not flying or making themselves
heard because of the weather. Ebird List at
https://ebird.org/checklist/S61072621
Predictions:
Tomorrows forecast is much better, sunshine and clouds but slightly colder.
Although the wind is from the west, we should get a few raptors flying.
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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