Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 427 2599 51835 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 21 214 Northern Harrier 6 24 481 Sharp-shinned Hawk 56 137 5105 Cooper's Hawk 2 13 250 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 54 269 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 25774 Red-tailed Hawk 52 185 1003 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 5 8 American Kestrel 6 11 1721 Merlin 1 3 110 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 55 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 5 Unknown Buteo 1 1 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 566 3058 86890 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Kory Renaud, Larry Ludwicki Visitors: Thank you to Tim Jarrold for his visit and for bringing along a handsome Red-tailed Hawk! Thank you to Larry Ludwicki and Kory Renaud for spending some time observing on the tower this afternoon. Weather: Slightly warmer day mostly due to a lot more sunshine. The wind was quite strong from the West, which brought many white fluffy cloud to give good contrast to the blue sky. Raptor Observations: Like we say in French "Après la pluie, le beau temps". After a slow count yesterday, the raptors were back! Good amount of variety today, still seeing Sharp-shinned Hawks (56), Cooper's Hawks (2), and Northern Harriers (6) which included two stunning gray ghosts! Buteos are still going strong; 52 Red-tailed Hawks and 14 Red-shouldered Hawks. Kestrels (6) were observed flying above the tower as well as a Merlin. Lastly, one immature Golden Eagle made an appearance in the morning. Non-raptor Observations: Crows, crows and more crows! Today 3,060 American Crows flew over the marsh for their migration in constant streams in the mid-morning to early afternoon. Other prominent migrants today were American Goldfinches (118) and Tundra Swans (112). As usual, a lot of ducks on the marsh, with similar distribution as the last couple of days. Check out the full ebird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61212630 Predictions: Chilly start tomorrow, with temperatures hovering around 0 degrees Celsius most of the morning and warming slightly, but with a cloud cover. Winds are expected to from the South all day. Hoping that Golden Eagles and buteos will come greet us tomorrow. ======================================================================== 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