Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 41 62505 64402
Osprey 0 3 24
Bald Eagle 0 205 332
Northern Harrier 2 364 887
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 3112 8483
Cooper's Hawk 1 125 215
American Goshawk 1 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 330 331
Broad-winged Hawk 0 73 4331
Red-tailed Hawk 15 1416 1788
Rough-legged Hawk 0 17 17
Golden Eagle 1 43 43
American Kestrel 0 330 1702
Merlin 1 29 86
Peregrine Falcon 1 43 84
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
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 65 68597 82729
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent
Observers: Linda Goodhue, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman,
Peter Veighey
Visitors:
Thanks to Liz, Mike, Peter and Noel for helping out and keeping me company
during the day. Linda visited us for a while. We were kept busy with two
school groups accompanied by Kirsten from ERCA who enjoyed seeing the
Pelicans and other marsh birds. It was good to meet Rob and Ron from Belle
River and to see Chuck C again.
Weather:
Hazy all day, limiting visibility. The moderate wind was from the South.
Cloudy skies with a comfortable temperature starting at 15c and ending the
day at 22c. The pressure dropped 5 points throughout the day.
Raptor Observations:
A very quiet day with quality rather than quantity. A Golden Eagle,
American Goshawk, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin and a close-ish 'grey ghost'
male Northern Harrier provided the quality. Turkey Vultures (41) and
Red-tailed Hawks (15) were the only species reaching double figures.
Non-raptor Observations:
Water birds ruled the day with large numbers of Ducks now on the marsh and
a good variety of twelve species, including a single Greater Scaup, Ruddy
Duck (6) and Bufflehead (3). American White Pelicans (332) continue to
entertain and it was nice to see a water dance of Pied-billed Grebes (19)
in the corner of the marsh close to the Tower. Cedar Waxwings (305) made a
return with flocks flying over most of the day. The list is at
https://ebird.org/checklist/S200746562
Predictions:
Tomorrow similar conditions are forecast with a slightly stronger wind from
the south. Temperatures will be slightly higher. Hopefully the stronger
wind may attract more birds.
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Report submitted by Hugh Kent (hughnk...@gmail.com)
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
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