Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 1937 54028 Osprey 0 0 16 Bald Eagle 0 5 304 Northern Harrier 1 31 701 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 76 7106 Cooper's Hawk 2 43 327 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 305 673 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702 Red-tailed Hawk 31 2003 4381 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 2 27 40 American Kestrel 0 4 2085 Merlin 1 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: 44 4453 135609 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Nicole Shangi Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: Although it was a cold and blustery day today, there were still a few people walking and enjoying holiday beach today. Thank you to all visitors! Weather: The days are certainly getting chillier! Today the morning started off partly cloudy with some very helpful sunshine and a high of 4C. The latter part of the day drew in dark clouds. The wind was high all day and from the southwest. Raptor Observations: Raptors were much slower today with the southwest winds. Many emerged from the tree line and took their time crossing over the marsh. The majority of birds were red tailed hawks with 31. A few turkey vultures decided it was finally time to leave along with a harrier, Merlin and two Cooper’s hawks. Two golden eagles were also seen! Non-raptor Observations: Most birds seemed to hunker down from todays cold and wind. Even waterfowl numbers seemed to decrease today. There were a few sandhill cranes who landed on the marsh early this morning, and a whole flock of 17 great blue herons. Goldfinches were still migrating while the sun was out today and a few cedar waxwings and horned lark moved on too. https://ebird.org/checklist/S122528311?msgKey=singleLocMergeSuccess Predictions: Tomorrow looks similarly cold and windy to today with southwest winds. Likely numbers will be similar to today. ======================================================================== 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