Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2019
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 260 3078 52314
Osprey 0 0 36
Bald Eagle 5 27 220
Northern Harrier 35 81 538
Sharp-shinned Hawk 61 213 5181
Cooper's Hawk 4 19 256
Northern Goshawk 0 0 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 38 98 313
Broad-winged Hawk 4 5 25778
Red-tailed Hawk 226 430 1248
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 5 8
American Kestrel 3 15 1725
Merlin 0 3 110
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 56
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 5
Unknown Buteo 0 1 13
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 4
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 636 3981 87813
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Maryse Gagné
Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Dan Lumm, Dave Martin, Dorothy McLeer,
Jeremy Bensette, Kit McCann, Linda Wladarski, Paul Pratt
Visitors:
The Northern winds do not only bring hawks, but they also bring
hawkwatchers!
Today I was joined by Chuck Sharbaugh, Kit McCann, Dave Martin and Linda
Wladarski (thanks for the hot chocolate and timbits!), Dan Lumm, Paul Pratt
(thanks for the coffee!), Dorothy McLeer, Jeremy Bensette, John Barnes, and
Noel Herdman. Thank you for all your help and company today!
Additional thank you to Tim Jarrold for bringing up a Red-tailed Hawk and a
Northern Harrier!
Weather:
Cold day, but worth the chill! Temperatures lingered around 0 degCel all
day and the wind blew quite strongly from the North and North-West all day
long. Some flurries around 9, enough to leave the floor of the tower white,
but it all melted quite quickly. Extensive cloud cover in the morning, but
they dissipated in the afternoon, leaving a clear blue sky with raptors
very high above our heads.
Raptor Observations:
Thank you Northern winds! Today was wonderful, as we counted a wide variety
and high number of raptors all flying very high above us. The big winners
were the Red-tailed Hawks with 226 individuals, Red-shouldered Hawks at 38,
and the Northern Harriers with 35 individuals! Of course, they were also
accompanied by the usual Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Turkey
Vultures and Bald Eagles. Kestrels are still trickling in and to everyone's
surprise we are still counting a few Broad-winged Hawks!
Non-raptor Observations:
Today's highlight was three American White Pelican flying over the marsh in
the afternoon, what a splendid sight! At the end of the day, we also
spotted 4 Sandhill Cranes far north of the tower. Among all the raptors,
approximately 2,760 American Crows moved through. Tundra Swans were also
flying very high above the tower, their white plumage shinning in the clear
blue sky.
Check out full ebird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61248209
Predictions:
Tomorrow should also be a good day, with winds staying North until later in
the afternoon. It will be a chilly day, but the sun is supposed to shine,
with not much of a cloud cover. The hawks will probably be migrating high
above the tower, but we are hoping for more Red-shouldered and Red-tailed
Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks and Golden Eagles.
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Report submitted by Maryse Gagné (maryse.gagn...@gmail.com)
Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
More site information at hawkcount.org:
http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100
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