Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2022
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 1954 54045
Osprey 0 0 16
Bald Eagle 2 7 306
Northern Harrier 5 56 726
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 92 7122
Cooper's Hawk 3 71 355
Northern Goshawk 0 1 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 335 703
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 65702
Red-tailed Hawk 12 2157 4535
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4
Golden Eagle 0 34 47
American Kestrel 0 4 2085
Merlin 0 12 126
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 114
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Total: 30 4737 135893
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Nicole Shangi
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Hugh Kent, John Hall, Juliette Herdman,
Liz Kent, Noel Herdman, Paul Pratt
Visitors:
Thank you to all our fantastic observers today, Noel, Juliette, Bob, Paul,
and John. Thank you to our visitors today, Councillor Linden Crain, Sam and
Geordie.
Weather:
The weather today was not too cold with a high of 8C. Winds were from the
northwest in the morning and turned to southwest by the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
It was quite slow today despite the north winds in the morning. We had 12
red tailed hawks, 5 red shoulders, 5 northern harriers, 3 sharpies, 3
Cooperâs hawks and 2 bald eagles.
Non-raptor Observations:
The rain increased the water level across the marsh ever so slightly and it
seemed to bring in a few species that we have been missing for the last
week or so, such as northern shoveler, northern pintail, and green winged
teal. On the lake side there was over 300 red breasted merganser along with
a few common merganser and bufflehead. Around the tower were the usual
sparrows, white throated, song and tree sparrow, and we had a treat of 5
snow bunting flying over the tower!
https://ebird.org/checklist/S123174194
Predictions:
Tomorrow calls for stronger winds than today from the south and southeast.
Hopefully some migrants continue their way through, including rough legged
hawks and golden eagles.
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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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