Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 13, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6 39 39 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 3 8 11 Northern Harrier 1 4 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 13 13 Cooper's Hawk 1 22 22 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 18 18 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 30 496 508 Rough-legged Hawk 1 24 24 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 2 2 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown UA 2 5 5 Unknown UB 0 1 1 Unknown UF 0 0 0 Unknown UE 0 1 1 Unknown UR 0 5 6 Total: 48 640 658 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Tom Reavley Observers: Weather: Early morning snow showers, wind and cold in buffalo probably delayed todays flight. Weather at Beamer was cool with light winds. Today's high reached 1 degree C. Observations: Mostly Red-tailed hawks today with today's total reaching 30. Three Bald Eagles graced us with their presence today. An adult at 12:01, an immature at 12:10 and a mature bird at 1:25. Only one Rough-leged Hawk and NO falcons. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bill Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/index.html

