Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 3389 68110
Osprey 0 0 24
Bald Eagle 0 72 404
Northern Harrier 2 148 1039
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 250 8739
Cooper's Hawk 1 89 304
American Goshawk 0 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 272 603
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4331
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1526 3321
Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 27
Golden Eagle 0 73 117
American Kestrel 0 3 1706
Merlin 2 18 105
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: 7 5860 88930
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Michael Arthurs
Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Michael Arthurs, Michael St. Pierre,
Mike Jaber
Visitors:
Thanks to Michael for taking over as Official Counter in the afternoon and
for Liz, Mike J and Mike StP for helping. It was good to meet Hannah from
Iowa, who was visiting to add a few species to her Ontario List. We were
also visited by a group of stalwart walkers from Harrow.
Weather:
The rain arrived early morning and continued to mid afternoon. The wind was
moderate from the south east. Visibility was very low until the rain
stopped and then increased to about 15km. The temperature remained in the
low teens all day. Pressure remained low at about the same level all day.
The skies cleared slightly after mid afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Understandably, with the rain there was only a few raptors seen. At least
we saw a few - two Merlin, two Northern Harriers, two Sharp-shinned Hawks
and a single Cooper's Hawk that dived after something in the Willow tree
but was unsuccessful.
Non-raptor Observations:
The visibility and rain limited the list, but there was good sparrow, Rusty
Blackbird and Wren activity around the Tower. There was also a limited fly
over in the hours before the rain arrived with American Goldfinch (71),
Horned Lark (8), American Pipit (2) and Eastern Bluebird (2). The list is
at https://ebird.org/checklist/S203048899
Predictions:
The forecast looks as though we might have a dry(ish) morning with rain
arriving just after midday. The slight wind initially from the west will
turn south and then increase as the rain arrives. Temperature will be much
the same as today in the low teens. We don't expect many raptors but we may
see a few in the morning.
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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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