Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 1941 54032 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 5 304 Northern Harrier 2 33 703 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 79 7109 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 330 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 305 673 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 5 2020 4398 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 27 40 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 0 9 123 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 114 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 11 4482 135638 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Michelle Mastellotto Visitors: Thank you to Michelle for keeping me company and giving me a moral boost this morning! Weather: Today was cold and very, very windy with up to 36km/h winds from the southwest. It was difficult to use a scope and binoculars. Throughout the day, ice was noticeably increasing on the marsh and ponds. Raptor Observations: There were very few raptors today with five red tailed hawks, four turkey vultures and two northern harriers. Eventually the weather conditions became a bit difficult for the lack of hawks being seen today and called it a day at 2pm. Non-raptor Observations: Like the raptors, most other birds were missing today. The waterfowl usually present on the marsh were greatly reduced, likely hiding from the wind. Songbirds were almost completely absent too. There were however a small group of hooded mergansers which landed in the trout pond, and few groups of tundra swan flying over. Also present today were large numbers of ring-billed gulls, much higher numbers than we have seen so far. https://ebird.org/checklist/S122607010 Predictions: Tomorrow looks more frigid than today with strong winds again from the southwest. It is likely to be another slow migration day. ======================================================================== 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