Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 546 546 52637 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 0 299 Northern Harrier 2 2 672 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 9 7039 Cooper's Hawk 5 5 289 Northern Goshawk 1 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 28 28 396 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 264 264 2642 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 2 2 15 American Kestrel 1 1 2082 Merlin 0 0 114 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 108 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 859 859 132015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, John Hall, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to all of our visitors to the tower today including JP and Jackie. Thank you to our incredible observers, Noel, Juliette, John and Linda. Weather: The weather today was very pleasant with temperatures in the mid teens. The morning started off cloudy and foggy again, but cleared up mid-morning. The wind was south to south west all day. Raptor Observations: Today was dominated again by turkey vultures and red-tailed hawks, with some red-shouldered hawks mixed in. They were all travelling north of the tower. There was a handful of sharpies, with harriers, coopers hawks, kestrels and peregrines in very low numbers. The highlights of today were a gorgeous adult northern goshawk that flew close to the tower, and two golden eagles. The second golden eagle flew surprisingly close to the tower in the late afternoon, giving us the view of a lifetime before landing in some trees west of the tower. Non-raptor Observations: Waterfowl are still in good numbers in the marsh, with increasing species diversity. A group of 85 redheads flew over this morning. Three sandhill cranes flew over the marsh in the morning, and we were visited again by the friendly Virginia rail in the late afternoon. Eastern bluebirds are continuing to migrate in good numbers, however crows and blue jays are steadily slowing down. There are many passerines in the trees around the tower including sparrows, kinglets and cardinals. Surprisingly, monarch butterflies and black saddlebags were seen today. Many other animals were active today including turtles, frogs and muskrat. https://ebird.org/checklist/S121708563 Predictions: Tomorrow looks similar to today. Clear skies for most of the day with south-southwest winds. Raptors will likely be flying north of the tower, and there is still much to see including vultures, buteos and golden eagles. ======================================================================== 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