Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2019
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 3212 38537 39395
Osprey 0 10 35
Bald Eagle 9 73 165
Northern Harrier 6 128 370
Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 2074 4465
Cooper's Hawk 5 122 184
Northern Goshawk 0 3 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 55 55
Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773
Red-tailed Hawk 31 277 421
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 2 440 1661
Merlin 0 19 100
Peregrine Falcon 1 23 44
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5
Unknown Buteo 0 7 8
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 4
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 3313 42636 72691
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Maryse Gagné
Observers: Dave Martin, Dorothy McLeer, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent,
Larry Ludwicki, Linda Wladarski
Visitors:
Thank you to all our visitors and counters who came down today! Thanks to
Larry Ludwicki, Hugh and Liz Kent, Neil and Anne, Noel and Juliette (who
came twice in one day!), Dave Martin and Lind Wladarski, John Barnes, Lee,
Don and April from LaSalle, Gaspar Horvath and Dorothy McClear. We
appreciate all of your help spotting raptor and very distant kettles of
Turkey Vultures.
Weather:
Really gorgeous day on the tower with light winds from the North-West all
morning. Winds shifted to the South-West around noon, and after that, not
much flew over the tower. Not an extensive cloud cover for most of day, so
raptors flew quite high above us.
Raptor Observations:
We had a very good morning counting raptors, when the winds were blowing
from the North-West. Red-tailed Hawks (31), Turkey Vultures and
Red-shouldered Hawks (3) all flew very high above us late in the morning
accompanied by Sharp-shinned Hawks (44). After the winds shifted to the
South-West, we did not count many raptors. Only in the last hour did we
count 1,288 Turkey Vultures, bringing our total count to 3,212 TVs for the
day.
Non-raptor Observations:
Many non-raptors species flew around us today, including our first
Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows and an
Orange-crowned Warbler.
One of our highlight came from a Tundra Swan flying over the marsh,
hopefully we'll get more soon!
Our usual migrants still came in big numbers; Starlings (256), Blue Jays
(2,240), Goldfinches (112), and Red-winged Blackbird (1,320).
Lastly, we are still counting high numbers of ducks on the marsh including
Wood Ducks (4), Gadwall (180), Pintails (9), Wigeon (94), Ring-necked Duck
(398) and Green-winged Teal (2).
Predictions:
Tomorrow we are expecting winds to blow from the South and South-East, with
some clouds for most of the day. We hope to see more Turkey Vultures,
Sharp-shinned Hawks, and Northern Harriers.
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Report submitted by Maryse Gagné ([email protected])
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