Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 535 41534 Osprey 0 0 86 Bald Eagle 0 8 107 Northern Harrier 10 74 789 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 81 9521 Cooper's Hawk 2 64 760 Northern Goshawk 0 4 39 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 47 638 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7965 Red-tailed Hawk 65 620 4661 Rough-legged Hawk 0 9 54 Golden Eagle 2 22 55 American Kestrel 0 4 2034 Merlin 0 1 117 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 55 Unknown 0 6 109 Total: 83 1477 68524 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Weather: Blowing snow and near zero visibility on the roads delayed arrival at the tower this morning. Upon arrival we had variable cloudiness with very brisk NW winds early becoming W early in the afternoon. Temp around -6C. COLD. Raptor Observations: Not a bad day given the conditions highlighted by two Golden Eagles. A number of the Red-tailed were doing Harrier immitations low over the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: 26 Hooded Mergansers and a Pied-billed Grebe were in the trout pond. Three Common Snipe were in the marsh. Two Common Loons were seen at the creek mouth. Predictions: Variable cloudiness with lighter West winds. Slightly more pleasant than today with high temp near -2C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
