Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 1530 1530 8714
Osprey 1 1 12
Bald Eagle 4 4 256
Northern Harrier 22 22 340
Sharp-shinned Hawk 292 292 4138
Cooper's Hawk 10 10 102
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 7 7 8
Broad-winged Hawk 18 18 65677
Red-tailed Hawk 69 69 245
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 189 189 1581
Merlin 4 4 63
Peregrine Falcon 2 2 54
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: 2148 2148 81190
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent
Observers: Cindy Isenhoff, Cramer, Donny Moore, Jacob Stasso,
John Hall, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman
Visitors:
Huge thanks to observers Cindy, Cramer, Donny, Juliette, John, Jacob and
Noel for their excellent spotting skills. It was nice to see Mike on the
tower together with all the other visitors who took a great interest in the
Hawk Watch and birds on the Marsh.
Weather:
Moderate to strong North winds today! Partially overcast all day with
temperatures in the mid to high teens. Low humidity gave us clear
visibility. Great conditions for Hawk watching!
Raptor Observations:
Steady flows all day of Turkey Vulture and Sharp-shinned Hawk gave us
totals of 1530 and 292 respectively. A late rush of American Kestrel meant
that we ended up with a total of 189 for the day. Buteos are starting to
appear in greater numbers with 69 Red-tailed Hawks and our first look at
numbers of Red-shouldered Hawks (7). Broad-winged Hawks are diminishing now
with only 18 seen today. A good species count of 12.
Non-raptor Observations:
Today was a duck day with 7 species seen with first of the season
Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal. Duck numbers are slowly starting to
build. It will be interesting to see what numbers we get with the marsh
water level being so low. Blackbirds are slowly increasing with more
Red-winged Blackbirds (425) flying by but songbird numbers were really low
with Yellow-rumped the only warbler. New for the list was a single
Trumpeter Swan.
The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119802058
Predictions:
Similar to today with moderate wind from the NE. Clearer skies are likely.
Hopefully we will have more of the same as today, but with increasing
numbers across the board including buteos.
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Report submitted by Hugh Kent ([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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