Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 3426 68147
Osprey 0 0 24
Bald Eagle 0 79 411
Northern Harrier 0 166 1057
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 262 8751
Cooper's Hawk 0 105 320
American Goshawk 0 2 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 285 616
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4331
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1622 3417
Rough-legged Hawk 0 12 29
Golden Eagle 0 78 122
American Kestrel 0 3 1706
Merlin 0 20 107
Peregrine Falcon 0 10 96
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: 1 6070 89141
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Mike Jaber
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Juliette Herdman, Liz Kent, Megan Irwin,
Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin, Peter Veighey,
Tim Jarrold
Visitors:
Noel and Juliette again provided a welcome warm soup, cookies and hot
Chocolate. Peter and Megan also pitched up with hot chocolate in the
morning. We thank them all for their awesome support. Liz, Paul, Peter,
Mike, Noel, Juliette, Megan, Bob and Tim kept me company on a very cold
Tower. As this is the Last day of the Hawk Watch, I want go give a huge
thanks to all the many volunteers who have given time to help observe on
the Tower. A special thanks goes to Kiah as Official Counter, Alessandra,
Noel and Juliette, Paul G, Mike, Chad, Michael, Liz, Peter, Patrick and
Steve, Andy, John and Lisa for the extra effort you have made to make this
season successful and enjoyable.
Weather:
Very cold -5c on the Tower with a strong south west wind. Overcast with
reduced visibility to 12km. First hour had a few snow flurries but it
cleared up after then. The pressure drooped 5 points during the count
period.
Raptor Observations:
Only one raptor today, a Red-tailed Hawk. There were 14 Bald Eagles, mostly
immatures on the frozen marsh, but none looked as though they wanted to
migrate.
Non-raptor Observations:
We thought that all the ducks had moved as the marsh was frozen, but mid
morning something spooked the ducks (probably Bald Eagles) and about 2000
took to the air, mostly Mallards and Gadwall. Hooded Merganser (6) and
Bufflehead (7) visited the Trout pond which was unfrozen. Not many small
birds around but the hardy little Wrens, Carolina and Winter are worth a
mention. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S204121506
Predictions:
Today is the last day of the 2024 count season. Hope everybody has a nice,
relaxing Christmas. The only prediction I will make is that we will be back
next year!
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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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