Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2967 70155 Osprey 0 1 47 Bald Eagle 0 125 384 Northern Harrier 1 110 857 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 238 9024 Cooper's Hawk 0 79 389 American Goshawk 1 6 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 404 778 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 56725 Red-tailed Hawk 0 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 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 3 6013 144870 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin Visitors: Big thanks to Mike, Paul G and Noel and Juliette for keeping us company this morning. The warming chicken stew brought by Noel and Juliette was very welcome, thank you! Weather: A cold and overcast day with the temperature not rising above 3c. The wind was light generally from the south and the rain arrived on cue at 1pm. Raptor Observations: The morning was made worthwhile by an immature American Goshawk passing the tower at low level. The only other raptors seen were a Northern Harrier and a Sharp-shinned Hawk, both also at relatively low level. There wasn't a lot of incentive to fly today. Non-raptor Observations: The ducks were again finding the stretches of open water amongst the frozen areas. Some were standing on the ice. A poor Great Blue Heron took a while finding its balance on the ice. There was a big total of over 8,300 ducks of thirteen species on the marsh today. It was nice watching a Bonaparte's Gull delicately fishing on the trout pond. There were a few small birds, mostly sparrows foraging in the undergrowth around the Tower, including a good find of a Hermit Thrush. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S155273362 Predictions: Tomorrow's forecast is for a cold (not getting above 0c) overcast day with a strong wind from the west. It looks as though overnight rain/snow will have passed by early morning. Unlikely that we will see many raptors tomorrow, let's hope I am proved wrong. ======================================================================== 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