Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 3398 68569 Osprey 0 0 26 Bald Eagle 0 40 182 Northern Harrier 0 63 570 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 136 7743 Cooper's Hawk 0 48 287 Northern Goshawk 0 2 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 173 579 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5262 Red-tailed Hawk 6 1520 3041 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 7 Golden Eagle 0 43 56 American Kestrel 0 3 1305 Merlin 0 7 124 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 99 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 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Total: 6 5450 87858 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: We thank today's observers for their efforts and those interested in the ongoing Hawk Count. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, access to the top level of Hawk Tower is limited to hawk counters and qualified observers only. The 2nd and lower levels are open to the public practising COVID-19 safe precautions (social distancing). Thank you for your understanding and involvement. Weather: Today was overcast with a light to moderate wind from the south. The temperature did not rise above 0c. Snow arrived at midday and the visibility decreased. Raptor Observations: Only 6 Red-tailed Hawks passed the tower today. No other raptors were observed migrating. Non-raptor Observations: Numbers of ducks generally remain stable with 13 species seen including Bufflehead (55), Hooded Merganser (35) with males displaying and Common Goldeneye (4) on the lake. One female Common Goldeneye came onto the marsh to preen. A single Great Egret lingers and a single Sandhill Crane flew over the Tower. A lighter wind resulted in more songbirds being seen today, including 4 species of sparrow. A single Ruby-crowned Kinglet was seen amongst the bushes around the tower. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S98161291 Predictions: Tomorrow is forecast to be overcast in the morning, with possible snow showers at midday, then clearing. Temperatures remain low with wind moderate from the west. It is likely that there will be few raptors migrating, but hopefully we will see more than today! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@gmail.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-2021