Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 743 15461 16050 Osprey 0 45 179 Bald Eagle 0 41 144 Northern Harrier 15 337 884 Sharp-shinned Hawk 274 3019 10342 Cooper's Hawk 10 209 488 Northern Goshawk 0 8 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 53 54 Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 18398 Red-tailed Hawk 22 366 607 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 3 411 1516 Merlin 1 24 96 Peregrine Falcon 0 46 75 Unknown 1 14 26 Total: 1069 20050 48873 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Bob Pettit, Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner Visitors: The warm weather brought MANY visitors to the tower today! Some new faces, and other "regulars". Welcome and thank you to all who helped during the busy hours! Weather: Clear sunny skies all day with temps starting at 15.5 C and peaking at 20.9 C. Winds were out of the south all day varied from 5 mph to 10 mph. A great day to be outside and enjoy one of the last warm days of the year. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned Hawks were the birds of the day. Our resident Bald Eagles were seen hunting the marsh, as well as the juvenile Osprey. Overall a "slow" day for hawks due to the southerly winds. Non-raptor Observations: At 7:00am the marsh sounded like spring with the Red-winged Blackbirds, Blue Jays, and various other songbirds vocalizing. Of note today were several hundred tree swallows, a large flock (48 birds) of Killdeer, 100-150 American Gold Finch, several thousand European Starlings, at least 1000 Blue Jays, and of course Red-winged Blackbirds...at least 1000. 8 Northern Flickers were also noted along with a dozen Cedar Waxwings. American Crows were also moving in larger flocks today--numbering over 500 for the day. A half dozen Monarch Butterflies were also noted from the tower today. Predictions: Starting warm and sunny, turning cloudy by afternoon. ======================================================================== 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
