Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 682 682 1422
Osprey 0 0 97
Bald Eagle 10 10 61
Northern Harrier 37 37 467
Sharp-shinned Hawk 307 307 4744
Cooper's Hawk 34 34 218
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 134 134 7389
Red-tailed Hawk 26 26 186
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 4
American Kestrel 75 75 1829
Merlin 12 12 89
Peregrine Falcon 5 5 70
Unknown 6
Swainson's Hawk 1 1 3
Total: 1323 1323 16588
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff
Observers: Claude Radley, Dan Lumm, Fred Urie, Karen Padbury,
Steve Winiarski
Visitors:
Visitors today enjoyed a busy day on the tower and contributed to spotting
hawks for ID. Wayne from Dexter MI, Tony & Eva from Clarkston MI, Sid &
Helen from Farmington Hills MI, Janice from Amherstburg, Peter & Judy from
Windsor, and P Broad & Geadie from Windsor.
Thanks for all the help!!
Weather:
A beautiful, sunny fall day. For the better part of the morning a
cloudless blue sky, changing to 15% to 35% cloud cover in the afternoon.
Winds were light from the West in the morning, changing over the day to
South. Temps ranging from 11.4 C the first hour up to warm 22 C by 3pm.
Raptor Observations:
A very nicely rounded day for species...10 in total with nice number of all
the falcons. Turkey Vultures began moving in numbers today, while Sharp
Shinned, and American Kestrels continued the exodus. The absolute high
light of the day came late...about 2:15pm a large unusual hawk was spotted
flying directly under an adult bald eagle. After much discussion, and a
reference to a couple of field guides the crowd was treated to a very nice
Intermediate Phase Swainson's Hawk!! We were thrilled!
Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jays are moving in large number, 10,520 today. American Gold Finch
just over 500. Significant numbers of Cedar Waxwings, and European
Starlings were also tallied. Among other species noted were: Red Wing
Blackbirds, Tree Swallows, Chimney Swifts, Ruby Throated Hummingbirds,
Killdeer, Northern Flicker, and early in the day 2 Least Flycathers, and a
late Indigo Bunting thanks to Fred Urie.
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Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
