Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 22, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 14752 Osprey 0 0 83 Bald Eagle 0 16 61 Northern Harrier 0 23 271 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 133 5504 Cooper's Hawk 1 84 367 Northern Goshawk 0 23 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 249 403 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 27843 Red-tailed Hawk 4 1568 2760 Rough-legged Hawk 0 35 64 Golden Eagle 0 38 40 American Kestrel 0 1 1369 Merlin 0 4 62 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 15 Unknown 0 106 239 Total: 6 3114 53861 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Janina Radley Weather: It was a pleasant, if not very productive, day. Mostly cloudy with light winds from the NW becoming calm and then light from the SW. Comfortable for we on the the tower but apparently the raptors are still waiting for better. Observations: The few Red-tailed we saw were unenthusiastic migrators. Travelling from tree to tree until finally deciding to head out in ernest. The Sharpie and the Cooper's were both on a mission. One adult and one sub-adult Bald Eagle (the local boys) hung about all day, mostly scanning the beach for washed up fish. Few birds were seen on the 1 hour drive home (ENE bound). A couple of Red-tailed, one Red-shoulder and a few Kestrel. The bird of the day was an adult Sharp-shinned on the back yard fence monitoring the feeders when we did get home. 357 Goldfinches (some, no doubt, wearing the bracelets we gave them yesterday afternoon)headed out. Other migrants: 2 unidentified Swallows! 7 Dark-eyed Juncos 6 American Tree Sparrows 11 Red-winged Blackbirds 143 American Crows Non-migrating birds: 200+ Mallard 38 Black Ducks 27 American Coot 21 Pied-billed Grebe 11 Ruddy Ducks 1 Great Black-backed Gull 23 Bonaparte's Gulls 18 Ring-billed Gulls 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Cardinals 1 Down Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2,000+ American Crows were just west of the town of Essex on our drive home. Predictions: Not Great. Mostly cloudy to overcast. Winds SW 10 km becoming SW 15 Gusting to 30 km around noon. Early morning temperature 3 rising to 13 by mid-afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
