Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1370 43452 46452 Osprey 1 5 46 Bald Eagle 0 56 180 Northern Harrier 2 277 649 Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 2499 7702 Cooper's Hawk 7 123 214 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 76 76 Broad-winged Hawk 0 135 56720 Red-tailed Hawk 1 233 408 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 2 1314 2509 Merlin 0 24 119 Peregrine Falcon 0 39 77 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 1407 48234 115153 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Big thanks to Noel for helping with observing and recording. It was good to see Meredith and Cathy on the Tower. Weather: The day was overcast with a very light wind from the south. The temperature remained around the mid teens. The ominous skies in the west bore fruit when the rain started early afternoon. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures (1370) ventured along the shore riding the light wind. A few Sharp-shinned Hawks (24) appeared, together with even fewer Cooper's Hawks (7). Two Northern Harriers, two American Kestrels and a Red-tailed Hawk completed the tally for today. Non-raptor Observations: There continue to be growing numbers of ducks on the Marsh, though quite widely dispersed. A total of nine species were seen including a raft of Ruddy Duck (32). Ring-necked Duck (350) numbers are slowly building. There is a lot of activity around the Tower with Blackbirds constantly chattering and Sparrows feeding off the ground and in low vegetation. Warblers made a late show with singles of Palm, Nashville, Tennessee, Bay-breasted Warblers, Common Yellowthroat and Northern Parula. There were many Yellow-rumped Warblers (18) vying with the sparrows for the best feeding areas. Blue Jay numbers (1260) exceeded 1000, but are generally on the decline from the highs of the last couple of weeks. The were a couple of nice Starling (7,190) murmurations to the north. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S152632676 Predictions: Tomorrows forecast indicates rain for most of the day, so it is unlikely we will conduct a count. Saturday's forecast indicates rain in the afternoon, so we will check out the morning. Sunday is much better with partial clouds and a moderate wind from the north west. Looking forward to better numbers on Sunday. ======================================================================== 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: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100