Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 94 55848 58848 Osprey 0 5 46 Bald Eagle 1 92 216 Northern Harrier 0 311 683 Sharp-shinned Hawk 91 3193 8396 Cooper's Hawk 2 163 254 American Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 153 153 Broad-winged Hawk 0 138 56723 Red-tailed Hawk 8 544 719 Rough-legged Hawk 1 3 3 Golden Eagle 1 9 9 American Kestrel 0 1393 2588 Merlin 0 27 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 43 81 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: 200 61923 128842 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman, Peter Veighey Visitors: Thanks to Noel and Juliette and Peter for helping with observing, counting and taking some great photos of passing birds. It was good to see Josh again and we were glad to help him increase his life list. It was good to meet Jeff who stayed a while observing birds on the Marsh and was lucky to see the passing Rough-legged Hawk. Weather: Another warm day with temperatures reaching high teens in the afternoon. The wind has been light from the south all day. Cloud cover has been variable from almost overcast to nearly clear. Raptor Observations: A day notable for quality not quantity; Singles of Red-shouldered Hawk, Golden Eagle, a nice light phase Rough-legged Hawk and a first of the season immature American Goshawk. Turkey Vultures (94) and Sharp-shinned Hawks (91) almost matched for numbers, with Sharpies peaking mid morning and TVs moseying along after mid morning. A few Red-tailed Hawks (8) came by during the day. Non-raptor Observations: Ducks again dominated the scene with ten species seen. Ring-necked Duck (330) numbers were lower today, with American Coot (515) numbers increasing, spread all over the marsh. There was a nice fly past of Greater Yellowlegs (22) and Blue Jays (1870) seem still to be coming through in reasonable numbers. The female Eastern Towhee appeared again in the shrubs east of the Tower. In the Afternoon the skies were again dominated by European Starlings (7380). The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153180285 Predictions: Looks a good day tomorrow with moderate winds generally from the North, partially cloudy and reduced temperatures. Lets hope the Raptors agree and appear in greater numbers. ======================================================================== 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