Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 5139 54375 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 39 232 Northern Harrier 0 329 786 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 410 5378 Cooper's Hawk 0 82 319 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 606 821 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 25779 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4339 5157 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 21 Golden Eagle 0 23 26 American Kestrel 0 23 1733 Merlin 0 13 120 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 61 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 8 Unknown Buteo 0 13 25 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 7 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1 11059 94891 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Maryse Gagné Observers: Visitors: Two very brave visitors to the tower today and we had a lovely chat despite yelling over the wind. Weather: Definitely had to strap myself to the tower today to prevent from blowing off! South-Western winds blew at approximately 55-60 km/h with gusts of 70 km/h. Clouds came in later in the afternoon, bringing along freezing rain. Raptor Observations: Only 1 Turkey Vulture made its way across the line to be considered a migrant. Another three were spotted bobbing above the tree line a few times but stayed down and did not move along, a wise choice. Non-raptor Observations: The winds were too strong for many non-raptors to fly successfully, apart from a few Mallards and Gulls. The most interesting sight was that of a pigeon landing on the railing of the tower for a few seconds before being blown off again. Check out the full (rather short) eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61802304 Predictions: The next two days look promising, with Northern winds on the way! Tomorrow, they are expected to blow steadily from the North-West with a mix of sun and cloud for the entirety of the day. Really hoping for good few birds to end the season with a bang! ======================================================================== 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