Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 2581 4443 4443
Osprey 1 10 10
Bald Eagle 43 230 230
Northern Harrier 20 297 298
Sharp-shinned Hawk 224 3542 3542
Cooper's Hawk 8 83 84
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 2520 65605 65605
Red-tailed Hawk 19 136 136
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 20 1380 1380
Merlin 2 59 59
Peregrine Falcon 8 49 49
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 5446 75835 75837
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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: Donny Moore, Hugh Kent, Karen Padbury, Liz Kent,
Noel Herdman, Olga Klekner
Visitors:
Thank you to all our wonderful observers Olga, Karen, Noel, and Donny.
Thank you to all our other visitors too, I hope everyone enjoyed the
migration today!
Weather:
We had beautiful weather on the tower today. A light northerly wind all day
except for the last few hours when it turned southwest. it was clear this
morning and turned cloudy in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
There was a great number of raptors today and turkey vulture migration is
really starting to ramp up. With the vultures were great streams of broad
wings though in lower numbers than yesterday. We also had a good amount of
bald eagles, peregrines and harriers.
Non-raptor Observations:
There were lots of birds around today, we counted 10 species of warblers
around the tower. We added our first field sparrow to the list and had
57,000 blue jays. The sandhill cranes flew over the marsh early this
morning, and we heard a loon calling from the lake at the end of the day!
There was plenty to see today at the tower!
https://ebird.org/checklist/S119670677
Predictions:
We predict tomorrow may be similar to today raptor-wise. There will be a
north-east wind all day and partly cloudy, so it should be another amazing
day on the tower for anyone who wants to enjoy!
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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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