Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 45 2422 69610 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 2 33 292 Northern Harrier 7 50 797 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 162 8948 Cooper's Hawk 3 27 337 American Goshawk 0 4 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 141 515 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 56725 Red-tailed Hawk 61 634 2213 Rough-legged Hawk 1 9 13 Golden Eagle 2 26 38 American Kestrel 0 4 2612 Merlin 1 5 132 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 91 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 Total: 133 3520 142377 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Peter Veighey Observers: Aldo Bertucci, Liz Kent Weather: A moderate to strong wind initially from the East North East and changing to East South East under overcast skies ensured that the temperature remained between 3.9 and 8.2 C. Visibility was fair. Raptor Observations: It was a slow day for raptors. Highlights of the day were the Golden Eagles (2) with the other raptors, Red-tailed Hawks (61), Red-shouldered Hawks (8), and Northern Harriers (7). Turkey Vultures (45) continue to dwindle in numbers. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of ducks congregating in the marsh. Some birds flew over in the west direction. Hooded Mergansers appeared for the first time this season. Continuing large numbers of ducks in the marsh (3000+) with 11 species seen. American Crows (620), American Pipit (14), American Goldfinch (51), Rusty Blackbird (59) and Cedar Waxwing (35) were all seen flying by. The list is at https://ebird.org/canada/checklist/S154034526 Predictions: Tomorrow is calling for clearer skies and sunshine by the afternoon. West winds are predicted to reach about 24 kph. Hopefully the lack of rain and clouds will improve the raptor count. ======================================================================== Report submitted by (aldobertucci@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