Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 98 98
Osprey 0 7 7
Bald Eagle 5 88 88
Northern Harrier 13 100 101
Sharp-shinned Hawk 175 1030 1030
Cooper's Hawk 2 23 24
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 822 4984 4984
Red-tailed Hawk 1 55 55
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 23 311 311
Merlin 1 31 31
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: 1042 6744 6746
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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: Chris Craft, Claude Radley, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Pratt,
Paul, Winebrenner, John
Visitors:
We thank all our visitors again today, especially our observers Paul,
Claude, Chris and John.
Weather:
The weather today was not as clear as it has been the last couple of weeks
and we had a southwest wind most of the day. Despite this, we still managed
to see good numbers of birds!
Raptor Observations:
Broad-wings - FINALLY. We counted around 800 broad-wings today. Not a huge
amount, but an amount to celebrate none-the-less. There were also a nice
amount of northern harriers today too.
Non-raptor Observations:
Over 32,000 blue jays! Numbers have been increasing over the next few days,
and fingers crossed we have a good number for our hawk fest tomorrow! We
also saw a variety of vireos, a brown thrasher, and Gray-cheeked thrush.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S118855553
Predictions:
Hawk Fest! We hope to have a good turn out of visitors as well as hawks for
our annual Hawk Fest tomorrow from 9am-3pm. The weather will be warm, and
hopefully the wind will be in our favour!
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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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