Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 4 281 281
Osprey 0 1 1
Bald Eagle 3 20 20
Northern Harrier 3 26 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 53 186 186
Cooper's Hawk 3 7 7
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 119 1296 1296
Red-tailed Hawk 6 10 10
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 109 109
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 3 4 4
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: 199 1944 1944
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5.75 hours
Official Counter: Bob Hall-Brooks, Bob Pettit, Dave Martin
Observers: John Winebrenner, Linda Wladarski, Matt Branigan,
Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
This was the Sunday of the first weekend of our Hawk Festival. Many
visitors were our for a Sunday stroll lacking binoculars but had a
willingness to climb the tower to see the sights in the warm sun.
Be sure to visit next weekend for the second Festival.
Weather:
Rather warm 24-28 Degrees C; Wind mostly NE at less than 3 mph; Clear Sky.
Weather not conducive to strong bunching of birds along the north shore of
Lake Erie. Therefore few birds seen in each group.
Raptor Observations:
Makeup of the 199 total is BW-60%, SS-27%, RT-3% & AK-3%; TV-2%; BE, CH,
NH, & PG- 1,5% each.
Coverage of the 11-12 hour did not occur.
Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jays 83,795, Monarch 30, American White Pelican 3 (fly over) Caspian
Tern-6, Common Tern-4, Mute Swan-45.
Predictions:
Warm with NE and southern wind flow.
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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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