Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 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 0 133 5504 Cooper's Hawk 1 85 368 Northern Goshawk 0 23 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 249 403 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 27843 Red-tailed Hawk 10 1578 2770 Rough-legged Hawk 0 35 64 Golden Eagle 1 39 41 American Kestrel 0 1 1369 Merlin 0 4 62 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 15 Unknown 0 106 239 Total: 12 3126 53873 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Weather: The day began with mostly cloudy skies but quickly cleared in the strong Northwesterly flow following overnight passage of a cold front. Brisk northwesterlies, cool temps, cold wind chill and very good visibility. Observations: The day started well with an immature Golden Eagle the first bird through. It then became rather mundane, with 2-3 birds an hour. One interesting observation was that all of the 10 Red-tailed hawks were adult birds. The local pair of adult Bald Eagles put in a brief appearance but stayted out of camera range, unlike their youngster who obliged with a nice low and slow fly over. Few passerines in the heavy wind. 45 Goldfinches, 13 Red-winged black birds, 3 Tree sparrows, 27 tundra swans heading west. The local birds included 1 Great Blue Heron, very few waterfoul (I suspect they were sheltering from the high winds out of sight in the weed beds.) Predictions: Brisk west-southwest winds with variable cloudiness. Some precipitation likely as the day wears on. A little warmer than today with high near 6C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
