Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 1740 20758 27942
Osprey 0 2 13
Bald Eagle 0 32 284
Northern Harrier 7 141 459
Sharp-shinned Hawk 48 1503 5349
Cooper's Hawk 7 76 168
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 89 90
Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 65701
Red-tailed Hawk 8 490 666
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 27 415 1807
Merlin 1 24 83
Peregrine Falcon 0 27 79
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 1840 23601 102643
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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, Hugh Kent, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent,
Michelle Mastellotto, Mike Rajki, Noel Herdman
Visitors:
Thank you to all our visitors today. Thank you to Michelle, Bob, Mike, Noel
and Juliette for their help counting today.
Weather:
The weather today started out cloudy, cold and windy, but quickly turned
warm and pleasantly sunny. Wind was from the south all day, however we
still had a good amount of raptors.
Raptor Observations:
The majority of birds today were Turkey vultures today, coming overhead
from the east and far to the north. There were a handful of close red-tails
and a red-shoulder which flew very close to the tower. Kestrels were happy
to fly in the wind today, followed by many sharpies and a few harriers.
Non-raptor Observations:
When the clouds cleared and warmed up a bit, there were many waterfowl on
the marsh. Many, many coots and gadwalls, some pintails and wigeon. We were
very excited to see and hear a large group of horned lark fly over the
tower. Huge murmurations of starlings were flying over the marsh again
today. The trumpeter swan is still present too.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S120665330
Predictions:
Tomorrow is Hawktober Fest! The wind will be southerly, however we still
should be seeing raptors in similar numbers to today. Come out to witness
October migration!
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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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