Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 11 1908 53999
Osprey 0 0 16
Bald Eagle 1 5 304
Northern Harrier 0 25 695
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 53 7083
Cooper's Hawk 1 38 322
Northern Goshawk 0 1 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 14 270 638
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702
Red-tailed Hawk 102 1565 3943
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 1 22 35
American Kestrel 0 4 2085
Merlin 0 8 122
Peregrine Falcon 1 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: 133 3910 135066
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Nicole Shangi
Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Hugh Kent, Ian Woodfield, Larry Ludwicki,
Liz Kent, Noel Herdman
Visitors:
Thank you to all of our wonderful observers today, Noel, Chuck, Ian and
Larry!
Weather:
It was fairly cold today with a high of around 5C, with some sunny periods
in mid-morning. The wind was north-west for around half the day and
switched to south-west for the second half.
Raptor Observations:
The majority of hawks seen today were high up flying over the tower. The
large majority again were red-tailed hawks followed by red-shouldered
hawks. There was one unexpected kettle of 11 turkey vultures. One adult
golden eagle also flew over with some red-tails and shoulders, as well as
two sharpies, a coopers hawk, peregrine falcon and bald eagle.
Non-raptor Observations:
This morning stared out very quiet, however bird started to wake up around
mid morning. A large raft of buffleheads were seen on the lake side along
with red-breasted, hooded, and common merganser. A huge number of waterfowl
were seen on the horizon along the lake. We weren't able to confidently
identify them at that distance, but they were likely to be scaup. Tundra
swans and sandhill cranes flew over a few times today, and we finally saw
our first fox sparrow!
https://ebird.org/checklist/S122428975
Predictions:
Tomorrow looks similarly cold with the possibility of showers or snow. Wind
will likely be Northeast in the morning, switching to southern winds by the
end of the day.
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Report submitted by Nicole Shangi ([email protected])
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
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