Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1113 35594 37275 Osprey 1 15 40 Bald Eagle 2 86 161 Northern Harrier 15 270 411 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 4148 5375 Cooper's Hawk 6 129 165 Northern Goshawk 2 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 80 178 180 Broad-winged Hawk 0 198 7324 Red-tailed Hawk 218 814 888 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 6 6 American Kestrel 1 989 1427 Merlin 0 29 51 Peregrine Falcon 0 25 43 Unknown Accipiter 0 9 22 Unknown Buteo 2 30 45 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 5 Unknown Raptor 0 6 9 Total: 1469 42532 53431 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Bob Pettit, Jeanece Seals, Kory Renaud, Theresa Lindsey Visitors: Three different school groups from Harrow Public School, a grade 4, grade 5 and a grade 4/5 split class made their way to the tower today, again dawning their binoculars and eager to see some raptors. 13 other visitors were at the tower at different points in the day, including 5 students from Kerala India currently attending the University of Windsor. Weather: Light winds prevailed in the morning and increased to moderate in the afternoon. Winds were mostly northeast but changed to southwest in the final hour. It was overcast skies all day with some light drizzle in the afternoon. The temperature ranged from 6.4 C to 10 C. Raptor Observations: The morning began very slow for raptor migration but picked up significantly in the mid to late afternoon. 2 immature Northern Goshawks flew past the tower at eye level at different times during the day. An Osprey was moving up the beach heading west and not seen again for the rest of the day. (218) Red-tailed Hawks and (80) Red-shouldered Hawks tallied their highest totals thus far this season and were coming over fast and furious in the afternoon. Sharp-shinned Hawks numbers (29) were the lowest they have been in some time. Non-raptor Observations: A Common Gallinule is still continuing at Carps Crossing. A total of 18 Tree Swallows were seen flying over the tower today. A group of 18 Pine Siskin were observed landing in a nearby tree before moving on. A group of 12 Purple Finch were also observed resting in a nearby tree. No Blue Jays were seen or heard today. American Crows - 1,800 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49480589 Predictions: Tomorrow is forecast to rain all day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Craig Evans (cpe4@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100