Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 217 1577 53668 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 3 3 302 Northern Harrier 8 15 685 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 33 7063 Cooper's Hawk 8 21 305 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 124 214 582 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 294 1115 3493 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 4 14 27 American Kestrel 1 3 2084 Merlin 1 3 117 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 111 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 3 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 670 3006 134162 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Hugh Kent, Jason Sodergren, Jim McCoy, John Hall, Juliette Herdman, Larry Ludwicki, Len Jones, Liz Kent, Michael Arthurs, Michael St. Pierre, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to all of our amazing observers today for all of the help, Michael, Chuck, Noel, Juliette, Jason, Michael S., Larry, Jim, Len, John and Linda. Welcome again to Rob, who was happy to hear us ramble on about hawks. Thank you all! Weather: The weather today was pleasant. There was sun all day with great visibility. The wind was mostly west with some northerly components. Raptor Observations: What a great day! We had an abundance of raptors today. The majority were red tailed hawks, followed closely by turkey vultures. Red shouldered hawks were in higher numbers than they have been in the last couple of weeks. Sharpies, harriers and coppers hawks were all in similar numbers today around 8, and we finally had a Merlin and kestrel which we haven’t seen in a while. We counted 3 migrating bald eagles and 4 golden eagles. Non-raptor Observations: Today was exhale good with non-raptors. This morning started off another duck day with plenty of coots and gadwall again. Green winged teal, pintail and northern shoveler are present in good amounts with a few canvasback and redhead flyovers. We had over 100 tundra swans fly over during the day, and with one flock, a confused Canada goose. We also had a huge shock when 45 pelicans flocked over the marsh! The Virginia rail continues its stay. Crows were in high numbers again with 3000. https://ebird.org/checklist/S122037607 Predictions: Tomorrow looks slightly cooler but a good wind day. Some northerly component winds during the day should coax some hawks to fly closer to the tower. Golden eagles are steadily migrating and would be a good day to visit if you’d like to see one! ======================================================================== 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