Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 4 95 95
Osprey 0 7 7
Bald Eagle 1 83 83
Northern Harrier 3 67 68
Sharp-shinned Hawk 102 643 643
Cooper's Hawk 2 18 19
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 25 4153 4153
Red-tailed Hawk 0 54 54
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 20 234 234
Merlin 2 24 24
Peregrine Falcon 1 17 17
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: 160 5395 5397
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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: Hall-Brooks, Bob, Liz Kent, Hall-Brooks, Bob, Hugh Kent,
Kory Renaud, Noel Herdman, Liz Kent, Padbury, Karen
Visitors:
We thank Karen, John and Noel for visiting today and spotting some raptors.
WE had many very keen visitors today who we thank for their interest!
Weather:
The weather today was warm with north winds in the morning which switched
to south by the end of the day.
Raptor Observations:
There were plenty more Sharpies today with a nice selection of other
raptors including Northern Harriers, Merlins, a few Broad-wings and
Kestrels.
Non-raptor Observations:
There were few songbirds around during the day today however we had a
diverse group of warblers fly into some close trees right at the end of the
day.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S118697452
Predictions:
Tomorrow should be warm with north winds in the morning. WE are crossing
our fingers for more Broad-wings.
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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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