Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 3490 43949 51133
Osprey 0 5 16
Bald Eagle 5 47 299
Northern Harrier 13 341 659
Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 3161 7007
Cooper's Hawk 11 183 275
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 55 177 178
Broad-winged Hawk 0 43 65702
Red-tailed Hawk 709 1606 1782
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 7 10 10
American Kestrel 0 688 2080
Merlin 0 52 111
Peregrine Falcon 1 54 106
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 4328 50318 129360
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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: Hugh Kent, Jacob Stasso, Larry Ludwicki, Liz Kent,
Michelle Mastellotto, Peter Veighey
Visitors:
Thank you to all our amazing observers today including Michelle, Jacob,
Larry, and Peter. It was extremely helpful today to have you all!
Weather:
The weather today started off cooler and cloudy, but quickly cleared up and
warmed slightly. The wind started out northeast for about half the day and
switched to southeast.
Raptor Observations:
WOW. 7 golden eagles! Today was a huge day. We had an incredible show of
golden eagles over the tower, a few hanging around for a good view. The
turkey vulture and red tailed hawk count was equally as amazing with 3490
and 709 respectively. There were many, many buteos travelling with turkey
vultures today, including 77 red-shouldered hawks. There were also a
handful of migrating bald eagles. There have been less sharpies than usual
with 37, and. 13 harriers.
Non-raptor Observations:
Most of our attention was on the migrating raptors today. There are
increasing numbers of waterfowl on the marsh again today, gadwall and coot
in highest numbers. There were a few horned grebe on the lakeside too. 13
bald eagles were playing around. in the marsh this morning, a higher count
than usual. Evening grosbeaks flew over the tower early this morning along
with horned larks. Bluebirds were present in good numbers flying over as
well.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S121459467
Predictions:
Tomorrow looks promising for another good, migration day although the winds
will mostly be south. There should be lots of migrating red-tails, turkey
vultures and possibly more golden eagles.
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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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