Sept. 5, 2005
Dear Fellow birders:
I have just been approved to announce a workshop hosted by EARTHQUEST
(Canada) at Pinecroft on Saturday September 17th, 2005. The workshop
will be approximately 3 hours (starting at 11 am) and includes lunch
in the beautiful setting of the Green Frog Tearoom. We will be
concentrating on confusing fall warblers such as those spotted last
week at Pinecroft (our top bird was a Prairie warbler), as well as
other difficult to field identify birds. Experienced and beginner
birds will benefit from this intensive field session on how to
visually identify birds quickly and efficiently. For more information
please call Pinecroft at; (519) 773-3435. Registration is
$75.00/person (incl. lunch). Book early as we expect this workshop to
fill quickly.
Pinecroft is located 1 kilometer south of Highway #3 on Rogers Road,
near Aylmer, Ontario (Rogers Rd. is on the west side of Aylmer).
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Dave Jolly,
Senior Instructor
EARTHQUEST (Canada) Biological Field School
Rogers Road South
RR#5 Aylmer West, Ontario N5H 2R4
Phone: 1-519-875-3340
Email: earthquestAThotmail.com
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (05 Sep 2005) 25 Raptors
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Holiday Beach Migration Observatory
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 8 8
Osprey 0 11 11
Bald Eagle 2 6 6
Northern Harrier 20 72 72
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 7 7
Cooper's Hawk 1 9 9
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 2
Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 14
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 47 47
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 25 177 177
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Jack Boxer
Observers: Dorothy McLeer
Weather:
Sunny with cloud cover, winds NW to ESE, 1-10 km/h.
Raptor Observations:
Harriers continue to be the most numerous sighting.
Non-raptor Observations:
The Avocets have departed but Sora abound in the marsh, hidden but heard.
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Report submitted by Bob Hall-Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
Site Description:
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory
Information on southern Ontario's hawk migration and the Holiday Beach
Conservation Area site
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Southwestern Ontario is largely an area of flat, featureless farmland.
There are only two geographic features of note in the region. One is the
proximity of the Great lakes, which influence bird migration in the area
to a great extent, The second is the shape of the province, roughly
funnel-shaped with the narrow end to the southwest. These features confine
south-bound bird migrants, especially hawks, to specific flight corridors.
Holiday Beach Conservation Area was formerly a Provincial Park, but is now
administered by the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA). It is
strategically located at the extreme southwestern tip of southern Ontario.
The park is on the eastern end of a large freshwater estuary known as Big
Creek. (Specifically the site is 1.1 miles south of the junction Highway
20 (old 18) and Essex Road 50, Town of Amherstburg).
The Holiday Beach Migration Observatory (HBMO) (founded in 1986) is a
non-profit, volunteer organization formed to promote the study and
protection of migrating birds. Activities focus primarily on fall
migration of raptors and other species. This site is in Essex County,
Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Erie near the Detroit River. In 1988,
HBMO persuaded Detroit Edison to donate a 40 foot Hawk Tower which is now
at the site.
Southwestern Ontario has a funneling effect on migrating raptors due to
the geography of the nearby lakes and the reluctance of most raptors to
cross large bodies of water. Birds gain altitude over the flat farmland to
the north and east, rising easily with the thermals that such areas provide
in abundance. As the birds head south they meet Lake Erie and, reluctant to
cross it , turn west. With appropriate wind and weather conditions, birds
pile up along the lake shore and move west until they reach the narrow
crossing at the Detroit River (or island hop within the river mouth).
Directions to site:
See http://hbmo.org/directions.php
