Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1954 54045 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 2 7 306 Northern Harrier 5 56 726 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 92 7122 Cooper's Hawk 3 71 355 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 335 703 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 12 2157 4535 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 0 34 47 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 0 12 126 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 114 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: 30 4737 135893 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Hugh Kent, John Hall, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman, Paul Pratt Visitors: Thank you to all our fantastic observers today, Noel, Juliette, Bob, Paul, and John. Thank you to our visitors today, Councillor Linden Crain, Sam and Geordie. Weather: The weather today was not too cold with a high of 8C. Winds were from the northwest in the morning and turned to southwest by the afternoon. Raptor Observations: It was quite slow today despite the north winds in the morning. We had 12 red tailed hawks, 5 red shoulders, 5 northern harriers, 3 sharpies, 3 Cooper’s hawks and 2 bald eagles. Non-raptor Observations: The rain increased the water level across the marsh ever so slightly and it seemed to bring in a few species that we have been missing for the last week or so, such as northern shoveler, northern pintail, and green winged teal. On the lake side there was over 300 red breasted merganser along with a few common merganser and bufflehead. Around the tower were the usual sparrows, white throated, song and tree sparrow, and we had a treat of 5 snow bunting flying over the tower! https://ebird.org/checklist/S123174194 Predictions: Tomorrow calls for stronger winds than today from the south and southeast. Hopefully some migrants continue their way through, including rough legged hawks and golden eagles. ======================================================================== 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