Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 77 214 214
Osprey 0 7 7
Bald Eagle 36 138 138
Northern Harrier 22 167 168
Sharp-shinned Hawk 297 1951 1951
Cooper's Hawk 3 53 54
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 17436 22569 22569
Red-tailed Hawk 2 67 67
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 562 1185 1185
Merlin 3 49 49
Peregrine Falcon 8 31 31
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: 18446 26431 26433
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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, Nicole Shangi
Observers: Chip Ogglesby, Hugh Kent, Isenhoff, Cindy, Klekner, Olga,
Liz Kent, Padbury, Karen
Visitors:
We thank all our wonderful visitors and observers today including Olga,
Karen, Noel, Cindy, Chip, John, and the group from Ojibway Nature Centre
lead by Karen Cedar. We really needed all hands on deck today!
Weather:
We could not have asked for a better day on the tower today. The
temperatures dropped significantly making it much more pleasant on the
tower. The wind was very strong and northerly all day bringing in masses of
hawks.
Raptor Observations:
HUGE migration of broad-winged hawks today. There were rivers of
broad-wings in the sky. It was so amazing to see the hawks in good numbers
today after we thought their migration was nearing the end. The weather
played a huge role in their appearance today. There were also many harriers
in the morning and kestrels and sharpies flying over all day. A good amount
of peregrines and bald eagles as well!
Non-raptor Observations:
There weren't many non-raptor species seen today, as we were busy counting
hawks and the strong winds probably kept many away. We had a pair of
sandhill cranes fly over the marsh multiple times today which was a treat.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S119210321
Predictions:
Tomorrow looks like another beautiful day, and although getting late for
broad-wings, we hope to see more large numbers tomorrow. If the wind is
northerly, tomorrow would be a day I recommend a visit to the tower!
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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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