Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 22, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 14 534 41533 Osprey 0 0 86 Bald Eagle 1 8 107 Northern Harrier 8 60 775 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 81 9521 Cooper's Hawk 2 62 758 Northern Goshawk 1 4 39 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 44 635 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7965 Red-tailed Hawk 36 554 4595 Rough-legged Hawk 1 9 54 Golden Eagle 5 20 53 American Kestrel 0 4 2034 Merlin 0 1 117 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 55 Unknown 1 6 109 Total: 79 1389 68436 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Mike Fitzpatrick Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy Visitors: None--they all stayed home and stayed warm! Weather: Very cold and windy, with very little sun, made for extreme wind-chill. Raptor Observations: After a week's worth of southerlies, one would think that the skies would have been humming with regular raptor views--not so! One 2hr stretch had only 10 birds. The good thing--the clouds were so pervasive, that most of our sightings were of low-flying birds, affording great looks Non-raptor Observations: only passerines noted was a small flock of goldfinches, and 2 snow buntings. Predictions: possibly the same, with some snow predicted ======================================================================== Report submitted by Michael Fitzpatrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
