Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 5127 54363 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 39 232 Northern Harrier 0 328 785 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 408 5376 Cooper's Hawk 3 80 317 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 601 816 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 25779 Red-tailed Hawk 5 4328 5146 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 21 Golden Eagle 0 23 26 American Kestrel 1 23 1733 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: 11 11025 94857 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Chip Ogglesby Visitors: Thank you to Chip Ogglesby for spotting the first raptor of the day and to Noel Herdman for joining us later. I really appreciated the company and lovely conversation during this rather slow day. Weather: A very pleasant day on the tower with slight winds from the South, a minimal cloud cover, and temperatures peaking around 8 degrees Celsius! Raptor Observations: Well, my wish for more raptors than yesterday did not come true as only 11 birds migrated over the tower. However, the last and most exciting one was an American Kestrel! The other were the usual Red-tails, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Not too many non-raptor species around the tower either with the most numerous migrants being Starlings, Goldfinches, and Cedar Waxwings. A dozen of crows made an appearance along with a few Horned Larks and Snow Buntings. In the waterfowl category, Mallards are still the most numerous. Two Northern Pintails, Buffleheads, Mergansers, and Ruddy Ducks can also be spotted among the Mallards. I also believe the last Cormorant has finally decided to migrate, but it might only be hiding from me, we'll find out tomorrow. Check out our full eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61750216 Predictions: Tomorrow should be very similar to today, South-West winds, sun, and temperatures around 8-9 degrees Celsius. Hopefully we'll keep getting raptors in the double digits! ======================================================================== 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