Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 1954 54045 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 5 304 Northern Harrier 4 51 721 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 89 7119 Cooper's Hawk 8 68 352 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 330 698 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 15 2145 4523 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 3 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: 33 4707 135863 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Big thanks to Noel for his great contribution observing for most of the day (glad you got to see and photograph the Golden Eagle over the Tower). Good to see Steve again, always welcome with his camera! Weather: Nice day on the Tower. Clear skies, temperature gradually rising to low 10s and a moderate wind from the southwest. A bit hazy with slightly reduced visibility. Raptor Observations: Only a few raptors today, with Red-tailed Hawks (15) again leading the pack, followed by Cooper's Hawks (8). Four Northern Harriers including two grey ghosts and three Golden Eagles were the highlight of the day. One adult Golden Eagle flew straight over the tower at about 40 ft!! Turkey Vulture, Sharp-shinned Hawk and Red-shouldered Hawk were singles. Non-raptor Observations: Mallards (1750) still dominate duck numbers, slightly reduced from the last few days high numbers. Ducks have now spread out as the marsh has thawed out. Other nice ducks to see were Buffleheads (9), Hooded Mergansers (6) and Red-breasted Mergansers (5). It was interesting to note that Black Duck (122) numbers are up and Shoveler and Green- winged Teal seem to have left the marsh. Large flocks of gulls including Ring-billed Gull (870) are finding something to feed on in the marsh. Sandhill Cranes (4) and Great Blue Herons (27) are still present. On the smaller side, good numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds (1220) flew past. There was more sparrow activity around the tower with American Tree Sparrows (7) busily feeding on the Phragmites seeds. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S123078266 Predictions: Looks like rain all day tomorrow - may be a wash out. Let's hope the forecast is wrong and the rain clears as the wind appears to be from the northeast! ======================================================================== 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-2022