Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2019
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 18 155 155
Osprey 4 21 21
Bald Eagle 0 77 77
Northern Harrier 2 130 130
Sharp-shinned Hawk 120 1172 1172
Cooper's Hawk 0 36 36
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 5 24779 24779
Red-tailed Hawk 0 123 123
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 10 316 316
Merlin 2 38 38
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 4
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 161 26861 26861
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Maryse Gagne
Observers: Andy Parsons, Bob Pettit, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent,
Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
Today we were joined by Steve Wagner, Patrick Tomlinson, Bob Pettit, Andy
Parsons, Ron Delacourt, Bob Hall-Brooks, and Rick. Thank you to all for
spotting far-away Sharp-shinned Hawks.
Weather:
Today was a hot day with once again, very little cloud cover and a good
breeze coming from the South. Not very good for a lot of raptors but nice
to be outside.
Raptor Observations:
More Sharpies! On these less favourable wind days, we are counting a good
number of Sharp-shinned Hawks at Demonstration Farms, with a daily count of
120. We also counted a few Kestrels (10), Broad-winged Hawks (5), and two
Merlins.
Non-raptor Observations:
The Blue Jays are finally starting to move. Today we had a daily count of
120 Jays, most of them travelling from tree to tree, not fully migrating,
but soon!
We also counted many Killdeers, Red-winged Blackbird, Cedar Waxwings, and
Starlings.
Blue Jays: 120
Killdeer: 23
Starlings: 77
Cedar Waxwing: 80
Goldfinch: 35
Black Saddlebags: 354
Common Green Darner: 105
Monarch: 15
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Predictions:
Tomorrow, we will be doing our counting on the tower!! However, we are
expecting winds from the South again. Hopefully the Sharp-shinned Hawks
will keep coming. We are also hoping for more Blue Jays to start moving and
for a few more good kettles of Broad-winged Hawks before the end of the
season.
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Report submitted by Maryse Gagne (maryse.gagn...@gmail.com)
Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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