Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 5041 54277 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 38 231 Northern Harrier 3 324 781 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 394 5362 Cooper's Hawk 1 69 306 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 592 807 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 25779 Red-tailed Hawk 30 4123 4941 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 21 Golden Eagle 0 20 23 American Kestrel 0 22 1732 Merlin 0 12 119 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 61 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 8 Unknown Buteo 0 13 25 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 7 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 44 10691 94523 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Dave Martin, Linda Wladarski Visitors: Big thank you Dave Martin and Linda Wladarski for their rainy visit today, always a pleasure to have you two on the tower. Weather: Another dreary day on the tower with a full cloud cover and winds from the South-East. Rain was expected to fall heavily all day, but it drizzled slightly on and off for a few hours in the afternoon, nothing too serious. Raptor Observations: A little more action today! Within the first few hours, I quickly surpassed the number of hawks of last few days ending with a total of 44 raptors. The majority were Red-tailed Hawks (30), flying low and quickly over the trees. A few Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Turkey Vultures, and Northern Harriers also made an appearance. Any movement quickly petered off by the early afternoon as the weather worsened. Lastly, Bald Eagles were very active on the marsh today, often seen chasing each other and harassing the ducks. Non-raptor Observations: Not particularly busy on the non-raptor front either, but we did have a big movement of Eastern Bluebirds (120) passing around the tower. Most flew overhead, calling along the way, but some batches hung around the tower enough to admire their beautiful plumage. Wren, Chickadees, Sparrow, Nuthatches, Wood-peckers and Creepers are still in abundance around the tower and make for nice company during slow days. Check out our full eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61634219 Predictions: Tomorrow seems promising, some sunshine and North-West winds all day! Hopefully this is will bring usual migrants over the tower in bigger numbers, as well as less common migrants migrating in our direction. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagné (maryse.gagne35@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100