Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 15 3382 68103
Osprey 0 0 24
Bald Eagle 3 70 402
Northern Harrier 4 138 1029
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 240 8729
Cooper's Hawk 6 84 299
American Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 272 603
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4331
Red-tailed Hawk 72 1513 3308
Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 27
Golden Eagle 2 73 117
American Kestrel 0 3 1706
Merlin 0 14 101
Peregrine Falcon 1 8 94
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 0 2
Total: 107 5807 88877
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent
Observers: Corinne Allsop, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber,
Noel Herdman
Visitors:
Thanks to Corinne for helping out all day today, taking a Volunteer day
from work. Thanks to Liz, Mike, Noel and Juliette who also helped out
observing. It was good to meet Catherine and Sheila who took an interest in
the Hawk Count and birds on the marsh. A Group who are currently planting
trees to enhance Prothonotary Warbler breeding habitat in the park were
also able to see a Red-tailed Hawk brought to the tower by Chip and
released.
Weather:
Wind from the east moderate initially growing stronger in the afternoon.
Temperature 2c initially rising to about 10c. Sky gradually became overcast
by early afternoon. Visibility good, Pressure fell 16 points throughout the
day.
Raptor Observations:
A bit different to yesterday, most of the flight was in the first three
hours in the morning. Red-tailed Hawks (72) were the majority, with Turkey
Vultures (15) a distant second. All the others didn't make it into double
figures. It was good to spot two Golden Eagles, an early one at 8.48 and a
late morning one at 10.52. A fast fly past of a Peregrine Falcon was also a
highlight.
Non-raptor Observations:
Flights of songbirds over Tower was much reduced with only American
Goldfinches (218) reaching decent numbers. Blackbirds almost disappeared
today with Rusty Blackbirds (74) the only species reaching double figures.
American Crows (230) were also much reduced. It was nice to see a few
Eastern Bluebirds perched in the trees to the east. With the exception of
Gadwall (1684) and Mallard (1200) duck numbers have reduced, but diversity
was again good with thirteen species seen. Hooded Merganser (3) were
particularly active spending time flying around the marsh. The List is at
https://ebird.org/checklist/S202415534
Predictions:
Rain is forecast for all day tomorrow with a moderate SE wind. We shall see
whether it is worth undertaking the count but in any event not much is
likely to be flying, unless the weather is different to the forecast.
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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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