Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 5127 54363 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 39 232 Northern Harrier 2 328 785 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 406 5374 Cooper's Hawk 2 77 314 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 601 816 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 25779 Red-tailed Hawk 7 4323 5141 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 21 Golden Eagle 0 23 26 American Kestrel 0 22 1732 Merlin 0 12 119 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: 13 11014 94846 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Larry Ludwicki Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Maryse Gagné Visitors: Thank you to Bob Hall-Brooks for the visit after closing the lake station, and thank you to Colleen and Kris for the lovely visit to the tower. Weather: Strong South-Western winds on the tower today, but a good amount of sunshine to make us forget the chilling wind. Raptor Observations: Things are winding down with the last week of the count underway. A slow day on the tower for raptors as we only counted 13 individuals, 7 of them Red-tailed Hawks, 2 Northern Harriers, 2 Cooper's, 1 Sharp-shinned and a single Turkey Vulture. Bald Eagles are still about on the marsh, sitting in near-by tree now that most of the ice has melted. Non-raptor Observations: Not a whole lot of non-raptors migrating or milling about today either. Our most numerous migrants were Crows (58). Still a few Goldfinches and Bluebirds, as well as Starlings, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Cedar Waxwings. Mostly Mallards on the marsh, but the number of Buffleheads is increasing, and you can also spot a Northern Pintail, a few Gadwalls, and Ruddy Ducks. Check out the full eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61719661 Predictions: A similar day is predicted for tomorrow, with South-West winds and a mix of sun and clouds. Hopefully we will see a few more raptors than today, hoping for a few rarities to come and grace us with their presence, you never know! ======================================================================== 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