Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 264 1841 53932 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 3 302 Northern Harrier 3 18 688 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 42 7072 Cooper's Hawk 5 26 310 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 31 245 613 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 190 1305 3683 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 5 19 32 American Kestrel 0 3 2084 Merlin 0 3 117 Peregrine Falcon 1 5 112 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: 508 3514 134670 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Ian Woodfield, Liz Kent, Michael Arthurs, Noel Herdman Visitors: We were low on visitors today, but that's okay because we had fantastic observers! Noel, Michael and Ian, thank you so much for your help. Weather: This morning started off a bit chilly but quickly cleared up and warmed slightly. The wind was from the northwest in the morning and switched to northeast for the second half of the day. Raptor Observations: Most of the raptors were high up in the blue sky today making them especially difficult to see. The majority of birds were turkey vultures today, followed by red-tailed hawks. Red-shouldered hawks were present in lower numbers than yesterday, often flying with the red-tails. Sharpies, coopers hawks and harriers were also present today in low numbers along with one peregrine. The highlight of the day was 5 golden eagles! Non-raptor Observations: Ducks once again dominated the numbers today, with the usual suspects. Buffleheads are beginning to arrive, a few on the marsh as well as the lakeside. also observed on the lake today were two new species this year, ruddy duck and common merganser. Throughout day, redheads, a scaup, hooded merganser and horned grebe were also present on the lake. Crows were abundant today with over 15,000 counted. Evening grosbeaks and pine siskin were also heard and observed near the tower. https://ebird.org/checklist/S122085810 Predictions: Tomorrow looks slightly warmer than today but with mostly southerly winds. Still, there may be some raptors flying from the north! This week seems to be the last of the November warmth, so come enjoy it while it lasts! ======================================================================== 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