Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 3 98 98
Osprey 0 7 7
Bald Eagle 0 83 83
Northern Harrier 11 87 88
Sharp-shinned Hawk 55 855 855
Cooper's Hawk 2 21 22
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 8 4162 4162
Red-tailed Hawk 0 54 54
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 22 288 288
Merlin 2 30 30
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 103 5702 5704
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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: Bob Hall- Brooks, Paul Pratt,, Hall-Brooks, Bob, Hugh Kent,
Karen Padbury, Larry, Liz Kent, Padbury, Karen, Paul Pratt,
John Barnes, Pratt, Paul
Visitors:
We had so many amazing visitors today! So many interested groups who were
very interested in the hawk watch and birding. We thank Karen, Bob H.B.,
Bob P., Jim, John, Larry and Paul!
Weather:
The weather today started off fairly cloudy with northern component winds.
By the end of the day, temperatures had warmed and cleared with southeast
winds.
Raptor Observations:
There were not as many broad-wings as expected today, possibly due to the
shift in winds. We had a few nice northern harriers close to the tower and
a couple merlins too.
Non-raptor Observations:
The highlight of today was again the blue jay migration with almost 30,000
jays! We also had a brown thrasher, bobolink, and Gray-cheeked thrush. We
also had a group of 40 killdeer fly over the marsh!
https://ebird.org/checklist/S118803356
Predictions:
Tomorrow should be another hot one, and once again, we are still holding
out for some kettles of 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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