Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 2 3389 68110
Osprey 0 0 24
Bald Eagle 0 72 404
Northern Harrier 3 146 1037
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 248 8737
Cooper's Hawk 1 88 303
American Goshawk 1 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 272 603
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4331
Red-tailed Hawk 3 1526 3321
Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 27
Golden Eagle 0 73 117
American Kestrel 0 3 1706
Merlin 1 16 103
Peregrine Falcon 0 9 95
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: 13 5853 88923
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Michael Arthurs
Observers: Daniel Lee, Liz Kent, Michael Arthurs, Mike Jaber,
Peter Veighey
Visitors:
Big thanks to Michael for taking over as Official Counter at mid day. It
was also great to have help from Dan, Mike, Peter and Liz in observing and
counting. It was good to meet Steve and Lisa from St Thomas who showed a
great interest in the Hawk Watch. They have also attended the Hawk Cliff
Hawk Watch.
Weather:
A light wind today, starting in the southwest, switching to northwest
briefly early morning then remaining generally southwest to south for the
rest of the day. Scattered clouds initially, becoming overcast at the end
of the day. Started with fog and low visibility (3km), becoming hazy and
remaining reduced (8km) all day. Temperature starting at 7c rose to a
comfortable 16c early afternoon, then slowly chilled. Pressure slowly fell
by 4 points.
Raptor Observations:
Sighting of the day was a mid morning American Goshawk, obligingly sitting
in the trees by the shore to the west, then flying off west after being
mobbed by a Cooper's Hawk. A very fast Merlin by the shore an hour later
was also good to see. Otherwise another quiet day with Red-tailed Hawk (3)
and Northern Harrier (3) jointly leading albeit a small pack of Turkey
Vulture (2), Sharp-shinned Hawk (2) and a Cooper's Hawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
A good list today with the highlights of an overflight of a White-winged
Crossbill and a late Short-eared Owl hunting over the marsh. Activity
around the Tower was good with seven species of sparrow and over the tower
with decent flights of American Goldfinch (164), Horned Lark (78), American
Pipit (29) and Eastern Bluebird (26). Duck numbers were a bit lower today,
but with reduced visibility, some may have been missed. Diversity was good
with eleven species seen. The list is at
https://ebird.org/checklist/S202960368
Predictions:
The forecast is for rain in the morning tomorrow, clearing after midday.
This will be accompanied by a moderate wind generally from the south. We
will take a view tomorrow morning, but most likely start the count when it
clears. Probably another quiet day, given the rain.
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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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