Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 9 122 144
Osprey 0 7 7
Bald Eagle 2 37 40
Northern Harrier 3 67 86
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 19 21
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 5
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 58 255 267
Red-tailed Hawk 12 201 241
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 8 201 209
Merlin 1 7 7
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2
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 1 1
Total: 99 923 1030
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Kiah Jasper
Observers: Alessandra Wilcox, Chip Ogglesby, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent,
Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Peter Veighey
Visitors:
Quieter than the last few days for visitors, though it makes sense given
the winds and it's a weekday. Thanks to Mike, Noel, Peter, Alessandra,
Hugh, Liz, Chip and Tim for stopping by to help out with the count. David
and Steve from Windsor also stopped by for a bit.
Weather:
Winds very light today and constantly switching around (NE for the first
two hours, then E and SE for the rest of the day). The temperature also
varied a lot, between 9 and 26 degrees C. Quite hot up on the tower by mid
afternoon, with hardly any wind or cloud cover.
Raptor Observations:
99 raptors (counting TVs) were observed today, mainly during the first 4
hours of the day when winds were slightly more favourable and broad-wings
were leaving their roost sites. The flight was very high in the afternoon,
and often quite far inland, making spotting birds tough.
Non-raptor Observations:
Despite the poor winds, we had our highest species tally this week from the
tower, with 88 species observed. Similar to raptors there wasn't much of a
flight of goldfinches, waxwings or blackbirds today, but there were quite a
few songbirds at the base of the tower. 17 warbler species were observed,
with the most common being Cape May, Tennessee and Bay-breasted. Highlights
from today included Olive-sided Flycatcher, Great Black-backed Gull, flyby
Whimbrel and my first Blackpoll Warbler of the fall here. For the full
species list from today see this checklist -
https://ebird.org/checklist/S193877028
Predictions:
Tomorrow the winds will be from the south/southeast, so I'm expecting
another quiet day on the tower. As of now the next day with favourable
winds looks to be Saturday.
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Report submitted by Kiah Jasper ([email protected])
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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