Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 108 4096 53332 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 33 226 Northern Harrier 9 128 585 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 279 5247 Cooper's Hawk 0 33 270 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 153 368 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 25779 Red-tailed Hawk 38 946 1764 Rough-legged Hawk 2 5 5 Golden Eagle 2 11 14 American Kestrel 0 17 1727 Merlin 0 4 111 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 58 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 7 Unknown Buteo 8 10 22 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 5 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 176 5731 89563 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Visitors: Very few souls braved the weather today. Gina and Josie from the area were hiking and stopped in this morning for a quick look around. Monique and Nico from London ON were also out for a nice walk and came up for a quick visit. During the last hour a total of 5 local area visitors came by. Weather: A pretty gloomy day with SW winds all day kept the birds mainly to the north side of the marsh. Temperatures started out at 6.3C and rose to 8.9C. The day was hazy from the beginning and about 2:10pm a steady drizzle started that appeared to have no end in sight so the count was called for the day. Raptor Observations: 8 Species today, with Falcons completely absent. The resident Bald Eagles were visible the entire day, stirring up the ducks in the marsh every hour on the hour. Highlight of the count were the 2 Rough-legged Hawks and the 2 Sub-adult Golden Eagles late in the 1 o'clock hour. One eagle and one rough-legged hawk actually came across the center of the marsh for nice looks. Unfortunately no visitors were on the tour at this time. Non-raptor Observations: The marsh continues to be full of ducks, swans and some geese. Song birds were hard to find today, with very few being noted. Small number of Blackbirds, and American Crows are still migrating through. Complete list of birds at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61348773 Predictions: Sounds like snow is in the forecast, along with Northerly winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawklady1@aol.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