Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 353 52451 54348 Osprey 0 2 23 Bald Eagle 2 154 281 Northern Harrier 1 276 799 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 2766 8137 Cooper's Hawk 1 98 188 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 276 277 Broad-winged Hawk 0 73 4331 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1016 1388 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 13 13 American Kestrel 0 321 1693 Merlin 0 21 78 Peregrine Falcon 1 39 80 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 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 367 57510 71642 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: Thanks to Liz for helping out all day. The American White Pelicans are again attracting visitors and we were happy to show them to 2 classes of Children visiting the Tower, Greg from Amherstburg, Charlene from Strathroy, Maria from London, Sonia and Steve from Tecumseh, Maggie and Drew from Kelowna, Kim and Tom from Windsor and Kobe from Amherstburg. Weather: The moderate, sometimes strong wind initially from the south, changed to the west by mid day, but the northerly component forecast failed to materialise. The temperature remained in the high teens all day under an overcast sky. Visibility was somewhat hazy at times, with the pressure rising about 7 points over the day. Raptor Observations: Very quiet, with even reduced numbers of Turkey Vultures (353), all to the north. The highlights were a nice adult Peregrine Falcon over the marsh and a 'Grey Ghost' male Northern Harrier close to the Tower in the last hour. Non-raptor Observations: Wondering where all the American White Pelicans were with only 16 present initially, we were soon back to normal with a total of 386 counted. Many ducks again on the marsh with Gadwall (526) leading the way. The old regulars of Common Gallinule and Blackpoll Warbler were again present. There was a chorus of blackbirds all day around the Tower with Red-winged Blackbirds (530), Brown-headed Cowbird (17) Rusty Blackbird (115) and Common Grackle (21) all stopping by at sometime or other. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S200032522 Predictions: Hopefully the forecast for tomorrow pans out and we get light winds from the north under sunny skies. It will be a cold 5c initially, rising to about 14c by the end of the day. The north wind should bring more Raptors than today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent ([email protected]) 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 -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
