Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 701 21173 Osprey 0 0 48 Bald Eagle 0 11 97 Northern Harrier 3 74 247 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 97 3527 Cooper's Hawk 4 45 194 Northern Goshawk 0 2 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 158 254 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8953 Red-tailed Hawk 87 1098 1949 Rough-legged Hawk 5 16 19 Golden Eagle 0 84 128 American Kestrel 2 5 596 Merlin 0 3 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 30 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 4 9 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 113 2300 37266 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Mike Fitzpatrick Observers: Jim McCoy, Martin Blagdurn Weather: Very cold and blustery during entire count period. Winds sstayed out of WNW all day. Extremely dark cloud cover Raptor Observations: Redtails were fairly regular throughout day. Hilite was a dark morph tail. Non-raptor Observations: goldfinches;small flock of snow buntings flying by;Carolina wren calling;4-5 flickers flew by;still quite a few ducks in the rapidly shrinking water areas Predictions: NW winds, sunny in morning, switching to W afternoon. Should be a good one! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Michael Fitzpatrick ([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
