Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 33 1360 53451 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 0 299 Northern Harrier 1 7 677 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 26 7056 Cooper's Hawk 3 13 297 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 90 458 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 39 821 3199 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 3 10 23 American Kestrel 1 2 2083 Merlin 0 2 116 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 111 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 86 2336 133492 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: We had 60+ visitors today! It was good to see again Bryan and Francis, Ramesh and Chandra, Jeff and Shana, Andrew and Laura and Mary and family for the first time. Thanks for your help and interest in the Hawk Watch and birds on the marsh. Weather: A moderate southerly wind, combined with skies clearing throughout the day and a temperature rising to the high teens made for a really pleasant day on the tower. Visibility was very good. Raptor Observations: A few more raptors today with Red-tailed Hawks (39) leading the pack. Turkey Vultures (33) followed closely in a couple of groups. The remainder were in low numbers. The event of the day was two Golden Eagles spotted perching in a tree to the northwest of the Marsh. They hung around for a good hour giving good views for a number of visitors. They then took off and circled around for another half hour, finally moving off west after one took a desultory swipe at a duck on the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: Ducks again were the main game in town with big numbers of Mallard (620) and Gadwall (750), even outnumbering the American Coot (660). Good numbers of Great Egret (37) and Great Blue Heron (33) are still on the Marsh, usually in Groups, as if they don't want to miss the bus south once it eventually comes. The Virginia Rail continues to give good views busily feeding on the pond to the east of the Tower. Shorebirds are still hanging around but in smaller numbers including Pectoral Sandpiper (3), Wilson's Snipe (2) and Dunlin (1). American Crows (940) made a comeback today. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S121990058 Predictions: Tomorrow is forecast to be sunny with a moderate north-westerly wind! Hopefully it will be a good day for migrating raptors of all kinds. If you can make it, see you at the tower. ======================================================================== 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