Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 1947 54038 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 5 304 Northern Harrier 2 36 706 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 79 7109 Cooper's Hawk 0 47 331 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 305 673 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 5 2034 4412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 27 40 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 0 9 123 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 8 4506 135662 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: Two hardy visitors ventured to the top of the tower and were interested in the raptors and birds seen on the marsh. Weather: Another bleak day on the Tower. Overcast, strong wind generally from the west, temperature around -4c. However, the marsh looked picturesque with snow having fallen overnight onto the frozen surface. Not many stretches of open water left. Raptor Observations: Not a lot, Red-tailed Hawks (5) again led the pack, with two Northern Harriers and a lonely Turkey Vulture. Non-raptor Observations: Fewer ducks as they were keeping to the diminishing areas of open water. Mallard (370) again the most numerous, followed by Green-winged Teal (80) and a smattering of the other dabbling ducks. A big siege of Great Blue Herons (52) were sheltering from the wind along the tree belt next to the marsh to the west, accompanied by four Sandhill Cranes. It was nice to see Wilson's Snipe (5) flying around the marsh and settling near the Herons, and we again had a good number of Hooded Merganser (10) on the Trout Pond. The small birds were hiding apart from passing flocks of Red-winged Blackbird (128), Horned Lark (42) and American Goldfinch (49). The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S122749169 Predictions: The temperature is forecast to be at 5c by the afternoon. However, the wind remains strong from the southwest. Mostly overcast but there may be sunny intervals. Hopefully we will see more raptors with the day becoming warmer than the last few. ======================================================================== 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