Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 29 16533 16953 Osprey 0 12 46 Bald Eagle 1 19 79 Northern Harrier 5 60 149 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 810 3294 Cooper's Hawk 0 57 127 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 21 22 Broad-winged Hawk 0 8 8953 Red-tailed Hawk 20 308 418 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 1 6 6 American Kestrel 0 100 587 Merlin 0 10 29 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 24 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 72 17951 30695 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Karen Padbury Visitors: Very few today...the visitors are getting "savy" and don't come out on the South wind days. Weather: A brisk clear morning turned partially cloudy by 10am. Winds steadily from the Southwest, but light. Raptor Observations: A very slow raptor day. Our highlight was a single immature Golden Eagle that moved thru high across the marsh at 12:30pm. Non-raptor Observations: The first hour was a busy song bird hour with the following birds moving thru. American Gold Finch 125, American Robin 10, European Starling 95, Killdeer 8, Black Birds (mixed) 160, Blue Jays 79, Tree Swallow 14, Ceadar Waxwing 15, Northern Flicker 2. Several large flocks of American Crows moved thru the 9am hour. ======================================================================== 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/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
