Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 48378 49236 Osprey 0 11 36 Bald Eagle 0 101 193 Northern Harrier 0 215 457 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2577 4968 Cooper's Hawk 0 175 237 Northern Goshawk 0 6 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 215 215 Broad-winged Hawk 0 863 25773 Red-tailed Hawk 0 674 818 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 0 489 1710 Merlin 0 26 107 Peregrine Falcon 0 30 51 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 5 Unknown Buteo 0 11 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 0 53777 83832 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 10:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Elizabeth Kent Visitors: Not unsurprisingly, no visitors to the tower today, but we did meet 2 visitors in the park, Ed and Lynn Daniel. Weather: Overcast with heavy rain, wind from N. Raptor Observations: No raptors, not even Northern Harriers that have sometimes been known to fly in the rain. So we curtailed the watch at 10am given the forecast was for continuing rain. Non-raptor Observations: This was definitely a day for ducks! Usual numbers of ducks but variety reduced as we probably missed some of the lower numbered species because of the reduced visibility. Other birds were not flying or making themselves heard because of the weather. Ebird List at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61072621 Predictions: Tomorrows forecast is much better, sunshine and clouds but slightly colder. Although the wind is from the west, we should get a few raptors flying. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (hughnk...@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
