Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1002 8181 15365 Osprey 0 1 12 Bald Eagle 3 29 281 Northern Harrier 2 66 384 Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 970 4816 Cooper's Hawk 3 46 138 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 9 79 80 Broad-winged Hawk 3 42 65701 Red-tailed Hawk 27 405 581 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 1 323 1715 Merlin 1 8 67 Peregrine Falcon 2 7 59 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 1 1 Total: 1113 10159 89201 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Claude Radley, Hugh Kent, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Len Jones, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: We thank all of our visitors today including Noel, Karen, Len, Jim, and Claude. Weather: The weather today was warm, not very windy and clear skies. This morning had a bit of fog and higher humidity that left in the late morning. It was a very calm day with light northerly winds. Raptor Observations: This morning started off very slow with very few raptor spotted. We had a good amount of turkey vultures today, with some buteos tagging along with them (red-shoulders and red-tails). The highlight of today was our first GOLDEN eagle! Just as we finished pouting that Detroit saw one yesterday, one felt sorry for us and flew right over the tower. Thank you! Non-raptor Observations: Because today was quite slow raptor wise, we had an opportunity to scout the marsh for some new birds. We had just over 60 species today, including first of the season red-breasted merganser and Forster's tern spotted out on the lake. We had a large number of Bonaparte's gulls sitting on a sandy spit by the lake. Another fun sight was a massive snapping turtle in the marsh which also attracted the attention of a few curious wood ducks. Blue jays were less than we've had today with 10,700. Predictions: Tomorrow morning should be north winds and clear skies again. Hoping for more turkey vultures and buteos over the tower! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.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 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/hbmo/hbmo-hawk-watch-fall-2022