Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 29, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 1955 54046 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 7 306 Northern Harrier 4 60 730 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 92 7122 Cooper's Hawk 2 73 357 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 335 703 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 4 2161 4539 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 1 35 48 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 0 12 126 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 115 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 13 4750 135906 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Larry Ludwicki, Michael Arthurs, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to all our visitors to the tower today and our awesome observers, Michael, Noel, and Larry! Weather: The weather today was fairly chilly with winds from the southeast all day. The wind was mostly light and picked up slightly by the end of the day, as a preview of what is to come tomorrow. There was significant fog most of the day which reduced visibility. Raptor Observations: Raptors were few and far between today with 13 total. Harriers and red tailed hawks tired for first place with 4 each, followed by Cooper’s hawks with two. There were one each of a turkey vulture, peregrine falcon and golden eagle. Non-raptor Observations: There were less species today than usual. Mallards dominated the waterfowl on the marsh, and red breasted merganser were numerous on the lake again. Sparrows were present as per usual, however white throated sparrow which have been the most numerous were absent. Chickadees, cardinals, wrens and woodpeckers were present close to the tower. https://ebird.org/checklist/S123217078 Predictions: Tomorrow is the last day of the hawk count at Holiday Beach! It looks to be quite windy from the west so hopefully for the last day we are able to see some migrants. ======================================================================== 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