Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3 2967 70155 Osprey 0 1 47 Bald Eagle 2 125 384 Northern Harrier 2 109 856 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 237 9023 Cooper's Hawk 1 79 389 American Goshawk 0 5 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 404 778 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 56725 Red-tailed Hawk 32 1934 3513 Rough-legged Hawk 0 17 21 Golden Eagle 0 95 107 American Kestrel 0 7 2615 Merlin 0 14 141 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 100 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 42 6009 144866 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Michael Arthurs Observers: Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Michael Arthurs, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin Visitors: Thanks again to Michael for starting the count and Michael, Mike, Paul G and Noel and Juliette for help in observing and recording. It was good to meet Debbie and Dale and Lola who all showed a great interest in the Hawk Watch. Weather: A cold start to the day at -6c, gradually increasing to a high of 6c by midday. Mostly clear skies initially with cloud gradually increasing throughout the day. The wind was light from the north west at the start changing to west at midday, then south west. Visibility was good. Raptor Observations: Mostly high Red-tailed Hawks (32) today, with three late Turkey Vultures that were checked carefully. Two Red-shouldered Hawks, two Northern Harriers, two Bald Eagles and a single Cooper's Hawk completed today's tally. Non-raptor Observations: Many, many Mallards (3110) accompanied by all sorts of other duck species were to the north west edge of the marsh, some standing on the newly formed ice and some in the pockets of clear water. A good number of Hooded Mergansers (32) appeared on the marsh today and a nice flotilla of Horned Grebe (18) was seen on the lake. All in all fourteen species of duck were seen. In the last hour or two flocks of Tundra Swan (274) flew high over the marsh in nice formations, calling and with wings sometimes catching the sun. A few sparrows were spotted scuffling around in the undergrowth by the Tower and American Goldfinches (380) again passed in good numbers. The list is at https://ebird.org/canada/checklist/S155204688 Predictions: Tomorrow's forecast indicates a light to moderate wind from the south with a mix of rain and snow starting mid-late morning. The temperature will reach about 5c. We will start the count and see what happens. Hopefully we will see a few 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