Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 48 524 20996 Osprey 0 0 48 Bald Eagle 0 6 92 Northern Harrier 3 16 189 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 58 3488 Cooper's Hawk 4 21 170 Northern Goshawk 0 0 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 121 217 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8953 Red-tailed Hawk 163 615 1466 Rough-legged Hawk 6 9 12 Golden Eagle 18 68 112 American Kestrel 0 2 593 Merlin 1 2 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 29 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 256 1443 36409 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Dorothy McLeer, Jim McCoy, Paul Pratt Visitors: A T T E N T I O N Throughout November the main gate will be CLOSED AND LOCKED on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, You may walk in on these days. The gate should be open and unlocked for hunters on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Park at tower and get guest pass. Waterfowl hunters begin hunting one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour after sunset. Hunters are in the park M, W, F, Sat. Questions email Bob Pettit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to all who helped with rescuing the counter from the many GE and RT he had trouble seeing. Thanks to Paul Pratt's birding group who helped a bunch. Weather: Southeast wind 4-10 mph. Sky 90-20-90 percent cloud cover. 11-12 C. Everything was going well until about 2:30 PM when it started to rain enough to leave the tower and go to the ground. It didn't last long and we resumed counting on the north side of the tower at ground level. Raptor Observations: Started count late because of the time change and I don't usually do Sundays. Cindy will not be able to continue to count this season to pursue academic studies. Good Luck. First Golden Eagle at 9:37, one at 9:58, three at 10:08, one at 11:12, EIGHT GE at 1:12 (All in one group!), two at 1:15, one at 1:19, one at 2:15. Eight in one view was spectacular! Birds were best seen with a layer of clouds above but there was a short time when the flight sky was blue and we steadfastly search was ardent. Good looks at rough-legged birds with one very low dark morph bird the last hour. Non-raptor Observations: Crows, Rusty Blackbirds, Goldfinch, Bluebird, Purple Finch, Horned Lark. Predictions: Light rain sometime. Gate should be open ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([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
