Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1884 53975 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 3 302 Northern Harrier 1 22 692 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 49 7079 Cooper's Hawk 1 34 318 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 248 616 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 6 1359 3737 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 19 32 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 0 7 121 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 113 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: 9 3639 134795 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: Nice to see Dave and Jane and Ramesh and Chandra again today. Weather: Cold day with temperature about 3c, together with a moderate to strong wind initially from the northwest then southwest. Overcast with snow arriving at midday. Raptor Observations: Few raptors flying today, 6 Red-tailed Hawks, and single Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and a nice male Northern Harrier. Non-raptor Observations: Numbers are generally lower on the marsh today, although more Green-winged Teal seem to be present, and the Gadwall (800) numbers continue to hold up. Two hardy Great Egrets are still in the Creek, but they probably regretted being here when the snow arrived. There was a good passage of American Goldfinch (232), American Robin (94) and Cedar Waxwing (75) probably moving south due to the temperature drop. Nice to see three species of swan on the marsh, although Mute Swan numbers have reduced markedly. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S122316116 Predictions: Tomorrow is forecast to be dry but overcast, with a strong wind from the northwest. It will remain cold. Hopefully the northern aspect to the wind will bring more raptors than today. Let's hope that the cold weather to the north brings Rough-legged Hawks to us! ======================================================================== 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