Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 1949 54040 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 5 304 Northern Harrier 4 43 713 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 80 7110 Cooper's Hawk 1 53 337 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 11 320 688 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 16 2069 4447 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 1 28 41 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 1 11 125 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: 35 4575 135731 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Juliette Herdman, Michael Arthurs, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thank you to observers: Michael, Noel, and Juliette. Your help and company is always appreciated! Weather: The weather was pleasant again today with clear skies and light south wind. The temperatures got up to almost 8C. Raptor Observations: There were slightly more raptors today mostly mid-day. At first we were mostly seeing red-shouldered hawks, however the red-tails slowly showed up too. There were a few northern harriers, a Cooper’s hawk, a Merlin and a golden eagle. Non-raptor Observations: Again today there was a huge raft of mallards on the marsh on one of the last remaining patches of water. Great blue herons were also numerous today again. Horned lark, goldfinches, and even a few bluebirds were seen migrating today, as well as first of the year snow buntings! Sparrows were present around the tower, mostly white throated and song sparrows. On the lake a few long lines of red head, canvasback and scaup floated by. A Wilson’s snipe gave us a great view for a few hours today. https://ebird.org/checklist/S122893900 Predictions: Tomorrow looks like another beautiful day with clear skies and warm temperatures. Likely there will not be a massive migration tomorrow but we still hope for rough legged hawks and golden eagles. The ice may melt back more tomorrow which might encourage more ducks on the marsh. ======================================================================== 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