Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 11 1908 53999 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 1 5 304 Northern Harrier 0 25 695 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 53 7083 Cooper's Hawk 1 38 322 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 270 638 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 102 1565 3943 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 1 22 35 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 0 8 122 Peregrine Falcon 1 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: 133 3910 135066 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Hugh Kent, Ian Woodfield, Larry Ludwicki, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to all of our wonderful observers today, Noel, Chuck, Ian and Larry! Weather: It was fairly cold today with a high of around 5C, with some sunny periods in mid-morning. The wind was north-west for around half the day and switched to south-west for the second half. Raptor Observations: The majority of hawks seen today were high up flying over the tower. The large majority again were red-tailed hawks followed by red-shouldered hawks. There was one unexpected kettle of 11 turkey vultures. One adult golden eagle also flew over with some red-tails and shoulders, as well as two sharpies, a coopers hawk, peregrine falcon and bald eagle. Non-raptor Observations: This morning stared out very quiet, however bird started to wake up around mid morning. A large raft of buffleheads were seen on the lake side along with red-breasted, hooded, and common merganser. A huge number of waterfowl were seen on the horizon along the lake. We weren't able to confidently identify them at that distance, but they were likely to be scaup. Tundra swans and sandhill cranes flew over a few times today, and we finally saw our first fox sparrow! https://ebird.org/checklist/S122428975 Predictions: Tomorrow looks similarly cold with the possibility of showers or snow. Wind will likely be Northeast in the morning, switching to southern winds by the end of the day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nicole Shangi (nicole.shangi@outlook.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