Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 71 71 Osprey 1 85 85 Bald Eagle 3 63 63 Northern Harrier 15 209 209 Sharp-shinned Hawk 347 2815 2815 Cooper's Hawk 10 95 95 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 94 16765 16765 Red-tailed Hawk 20 95 95 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 35 612 612 Merlin 1 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 13 Unknown 6 6 Total: 527 20857 20857 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Dan Mennil, Karen Padbury, Steve Greidanus Visitors: At times the tower was quite crowded with visitors, though not many registered on the visitor log. Weather: The day started out very promising with Northerly winds 4 to 7 mph the first few hour. Sunny with just a few clouds, temperature of 13.0 C. As the day wore on, the winds shifted until settling at Southerly...at that point the "hawk switch" went off. A beautiful day for the hawk watchers to be outside, but not many hawks flying this afternoon. The day remained sunny, minimal cloud cover and temps reached 17.2 C. Raptor Observations: One residual kettle of Broad Wing Hawks moved thru very high and Northeast of the count sitein the 10:00 hour. Other than these birds, Sharp Shinned Hawks prevailed today. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays started migrating today...the first few hours moved about 1000 birds thru. Once the day warmed, the Monarchs were everywhere...low and high. At least 30 to 40 seen each hour after 11am. Swallows continued today with Purple Martins, Barn and Tree varieties. Gold Finch were numerous throughout most of the day. 2 Tundra Swans were spotted going down the shore line, and then circle out over the marsh...early for this pair. A Caspian Tern was noted. At least 12 Ruby Throated Hummers were spotted from the tower migrating. The Sora was again calling in the Marsh, and was briefly spotted near the willow tree north of the tower. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
