Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5 1946 54037 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 5 304 Northern Harrier 1 34 704 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 79 7109 Cooper's Hawk 1 47 331 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 305 673 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 9 2029 4407 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: 16 4498 135654 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Kory Renaud, Liz Kent, Mark Nenadov Visitors: Thanks to Kory and Mark for their help in observing today. A few hardy visitors passed by with a couple braving the tower to ask what was being seen. Weather: Very cold day on the tower. Very strong wind from the southwest, backing towards south and a temperature of -5c rising little throughout the day. Generally overcast but with short bouts of sunshine. Good visibility. Raptor Observations: Small bag today, with Red-tailed Hawks (9) the most numerous (if you can call it that) followed by Turvey Vultures (5). Only other species were a single Cooper's Hawk and a very nice male Northern Harrier, stopping by to hunt on the grassy island to the north. Non-raptor Observations: The ducks were again the most numerous with 12 species seen. They were mostly huddled together on stretches of unfrozen open water. Counting was made easier by the higher number of Bald Eagles (12) flushing them as they frequently flew over. Mallard (465) were most numerous followed by Green-winged Teal (320), Gadwall (26) have almost disappeared. Horned Lark (8), American Pipit (6), American Goldfinch (41) and American Robin (14) flew past and there was a small number of Sparrows around the Tower. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S122676469 Predictions: Tomorrow is forecast to be pretty much like today, but with the wind from the west. Hopefully that may encourage a few more raptors to pass us by. Judging by today you will need to wrap up well if you are going to visit the tower. ======================================================================== 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