Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 7 277 277
Osprey 0 1 1
Bald Eagle 6 17 17
Northern Harrier 4 23 23
Sharp-shinned Hawk 120 133 133
Cooper's Hawk 3 4 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1150 1177 1177
Red-tailed Hawk 3 4 4
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 40 104 104
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 1333 1745 1745
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Dorothy McLeer
Observers: Dave Martin, Donny Moore, Jim McCoy, John Winebrenner,
Matt Branigan, none
Visitors:
This was the first day of our 2018 Hawk Festival. We had many folks
visiting the area enjoying the nature walks, bird demonstrations, hawk
identification, photography discussions, vendors, and bird adoptions.
Sunday will be a wonderful day to come out and enjoy similar activities.
Thanks to all the volunteers, hotdog cooks, food servers, and vendors of
many stripes.
Weather:
Very HOT on the Tower and muggy all over.
Wind was NE early and ended South.
Raptor Observations:
Broad-wings finally were above 1,000 followers by Sharp-shinneds and
Kestrels.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Tern-2, Kingfisher-1, Blue Jay-1,248, Cedar Waxwing-3, House
finch-20, Goldfinch-100, Red-winged blackbird-5.
Monarch Butterfly-777.
Predictions:
Same weather as today with more hawks to observe.
Remember 9 am to 3 pm. Come one and all.
Cheers,Bob Pettit, HBMO Hawk Migration Chair
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Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area 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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