Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 2 2 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 5 5 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 3 3 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 9 12 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Visitors: None Weather: Wind SE 1-3 mph, hazy, 25-50% cloud cover, temp not recorded. Observations: An Osprey perched for 3 hours on south edge of Big Creek Marsh. Birds seen were scattered from the shore to the northern tree line. SE wind moved most birds to the north. After leaving the site there were 25-30 Turkey Vultures 5 miles north of site lazily moving westward. Good non-raptor flights. Had one tree that was a focal point for over 30 birds passing into and out quickly in 15 minutes. Mixed group of warblers, gnatcatchers, vireos, and flycatchers. Pied-billed Grebe - 9 D-c Cormorant - 50 Great Blue Heron - 1 Great Egret - 2 Black-crowned N-Heron - 2 Mute Swan - 9 American Coot - 3 Killdeer - 5 Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Ring-billed Gull - 15 Caspian Tern - 2 Ruby-throated Hbird - 2 Chimney swift 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker 1 Empidonax species - 3 Purple martin 43 Tree Swallow 5 Barn Swallow - 1 Blue Jay 3 Red-b Nuthatch - 1 Carolina Wren - 1 Blue -gray Gnatcatcher - 3 Cedar Waxwing - 44 Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Blackburnian Warbler - 2 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Warbler Species - 25 Bobolink 21 Blackbird species - 50 House Finch - 3 American Goldfinch - 14 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
