Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 3426 68147 Osprey 0 0 24 Bald Eagle 0 79 411 Northern Harrier 0 166 1057 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 262 8751 Cooper's Hawk 0 105 320 American Goshawk 0 2 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 285 616 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4331 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1622 3417 Rough-legged Hawk 0 12 29 Golden Eagle 0 78 122 American Kestrel 0 3 1706 Merlin 0 20 107 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 96 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 6070 89141 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Mike Jaber Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Megan Irwin, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin, Peter Veighey, Tim Jarrold Visitors: Noel and Juliette again provided a welcome warm soup, cookies and hot Chocolate. Peter and Megan also pitched up with hot chocolate in the morning. We thank them all for their awesome support. Liz, Paul, Peter, Mike, Noel, Juliette, Megan, Bob and Tim kept me company on a very cold Tower. As this is the Last day of the Hawk Watch, I want go give a huge thanks to all the many volunteers who have given time to help observe on the Tower. A special thanks goes to Kiah as Official Counter, Alessandra, Noel and Juliette, Paul G, Mike, Chad, Michael, Liz, Peter, Patrick and Steve, Andy, John and Lisa for the extra effort you have made to make this season successful and enjoyable. Weather: Very cold -5c on the Tower with a strong south west wind. Overcast with reduced visibility to 12km. First hour had a few snow flurries but it cleared up after then. The pressure drooped 5 points during the count period. Raptor Observations: Only one raptor today, a Red-tailed Hawk. There were 14 Bald Eagles, mostly immatures on the frozen marsh, but none looked as though they wanted to migrate. Non-raptor Observations: We thought that all the ducks had moved as the marsh was frozen, but mid morning something spooked the ducks (probably Bald Eagles) and about 2000 took to the air, mostly Mallards and Gadwall. Hooded Merganser (6) and Bufflehead (7) visited the Trout pond which was unfrozen. Not many small birds around but the hardy little Wrens, Carolina and Winter are worth a mention. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S204121506 Predictions: Today is the last day of the 2024 count season. Hope everybody has a nice, relaxing Christmas. The only prediction I will make is that we will be back next year! ======================================================================== 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