Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 218 3988 53224 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 33 226 Northern Harrier 9 119 576 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 275 5243 Cooper's Hawk 3 33 270 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 148 363 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 25779 Red-tailed Hawk 105 908 1726 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 1 9 12 American Kestrel 1 17 1727 Merlin 0 4 111 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 58 Unknown Accipiter 2 2 7 Unknown Buteo 1 2 14 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 1 5 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 360 5555 89387 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Jeremy Hatt Observers: Visitors: Thank you to Noel Herdman for visiting the tower, not once but twice today! Additional thank you to Doug Miller for a quick visit to the tower. Weather: Strong winds from the South-West today, thankfully we are quite sheltered from the worst of it on the tower. Mostly cloudy all day and temperatures stayed above 0 degrees Celsius. Raptor Observations: Even with Southern winds, Red-tailed hawks were still on the move today, with 105 Red-tails migrating over the marsh. Our other usual species were also migrating but in lesser numbers and quite far North of the tower; only 3 Red-shouldered Hawks, 16 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 3 Cooper's Hawks and 9 Northern Harriers. Luckily, a Golden Eagle was also spotted around 10 this morning! Non-raptor Observations: Today's highlights included a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Common Tern and a Common Loon flying over the marsh. Fewer passerines were flying today, but Cedar Waxwings, American Goldfinches, American Robin and Blackbirds still made an appearance. As usual, a few thousand ducks on Big Creek Marsh, seeing more Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers, and Canvasbacks. Check out our full ebird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61311452 Predictions: Tomorrow the winds are still expected to blow from the South-West, with a mix of sun and cloud in the morning. The afternoon is looking a little gloomy, with clouds and a chance of light rain for the rest of the day. Hopefully the rain will hold off until later and we will see many migrating raptors. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maryse Gagné (maryse.gagne35@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100