Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 1884 53975 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 3 302 Northern Harrier 3 21 691 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 48 7078 Cooper's Hawk 1 33 317 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 247 615 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 4 1353 3731 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 19 32 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 0 6 120 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: 11 3628 134784 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Michelle Mastellotto Visitors: Thanks to Michelle for keeping me company today! Weather: It was a very warm day on the tower today, likely the last one for a while. The winds were south, likely pushing many raptors north and out of sight. Raptor Observations: Today was very slow. Only 10 raptors were seen today mostly in the morning. There were four red tails, a red shoulder, three harriers, one turkey vulture, a sharpie and a coop. After two hours of hawkless skies I called it a day. They were likely travelling out of sight to the north. Non-raptor Observations: The usuals were out and about today. The large numbers of coots were present as well as gadwall and increasing numbers of green winged teal. Shovelers, pintails and mallards were also present. A few tundra swans were mixed in with the mutes. There were a few passer ones around the tower including a few white throated sparrows, cardinals and chickadees. The palm warbler is still around at the base of the tower. https://ebird.org/checklist/S122182334 Predictions: Tomorrows weather will be more cloudy and slightly cooler with chances of rain. Winds begin south but are forecasted to switch to northwest. If the rain holds off it may bring in some hawks! This weekend and next week will cool down significantly, hopefully bringing in the first rough legged hawks of the season. ======================================================================== 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