Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 238 452 452
Osprey 1 8 8
Bald Eagle 29 167 167
Northern Harrier 39 206 207
Sharp-shinned Hawk 125 2076 2076
Cooper's Hawk 7 60 61
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 33441 56010 56010
Red-tailed Hawk 18 85 85
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 36 1221 1221
Merlin 2 51 51
Peregrine Falcon 2 33 33
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: 33938 60369 60371
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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: Donny Moore, Isenhoff, Cindy, Jim McCoy, Klekner, Olga,
Noel Herdman, Padbury, Karen, Roland Klekner
Visitors:
We had so many great visitors to the tower today. The help was so greatly
appreciated. We thank Erica, Chris, Ben, Karen, Jim, Olga, Roland, Noel,
Jean, John, Linda, Donny, as well as the group lead by Kiah and Alessandra.
Thanks to all the members of the public for visiting today and appreciating
the spectacle of hawks!
Weather:
The weather today was absolutely beautiful on the tower. Sunny with a
slight north wind and partly cloudy made for excellent hawk watching.
Raptor Observations:
WOW! 33,000 broad-wings! What an amazing day! We were so excited to see so
many broad-wings again today. We also had lots of harriers, bald eagles and
turkey vultures.
Non-raptor Observations:
There were a nice selection of warblers flying about in the trees today,
however most of our attention needed to be turned to the hawks. We also
spotted the first group of rusty blackbirds for the year and the sandhill
cranes returned this morning on the marsh.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S119288444
Predictions:
Tomorrows weather should be similar to today, and there may be more
broad-wings too see if you missed your chance. Sunday may call for rain so
better come see the broad-wings soon!
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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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