Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 3389 68110 Osprey 0 0 24 Bald Eagle 0 73 405 Northern Harrier 0 150 1041 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 252 8741 Cooper's Hawk 0 89 304 American Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 272 603 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4331 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1528 3323 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 27 Golden Eagle 0 75 119 American Kestrel 0 3 1706 Merlin 0 18 105 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 95 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1 5869 88939 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Mike Jaber Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Liz Kent, Megan Irwin, Mike Jaber Visitors: Big thanks to Mike for holding the fort as Official Counter for the first few hours. Liz, as always kept me company and Bob visited briefly. It was great to see Megan who generously brought hot drinks and snacks in the late morning. Weather: Mist and haze to start, then a slight clearance before sleet and snow arrived early afternoon. There was a moderate to strong wind from the west south west all morning. It was the coldest day yet with the temperature not getting above 4c. Low pressure remained constant. Raptor Observations: Only one raptor today, a Red-tailed Hawk that appeared when there was a slight clearance in the weather late morning. Non-raptor Observations: Pretty much the same list as yesterday minus the overflight in the morning. Gadwall (1460) and Mallard (1800) numbers seem to be holding up, but Ring-necked Duck (242) and other duck species are decreasing. A decent flock of Red-breasted Merganser (242) appeared close by on the lake in the last couple of hours. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S203202491 Predictions: The wind is forecast to be from the north west tomorrow, but strong and gusty, especially in the afternoon. Probably overcast but the temperature will rise to about 7c. Given the wind direction we may see a few more raptors. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@gmail.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