Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 22, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3 708 21180 Osprey 0 0 48 Bald Eagle 0 12 98 Northern Harrier 4 80 253 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 99 3529 Cooper's Hawk 5 63 212 Northern Goshawk 1 3 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 173 269 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8953 Red-tailed Hawk 71 1349 2200 Rough-legged Hawk 2 19 22 Golden Eagle 0 84 128 American Kestrel 0 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: 88 2604 37570 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jim McCoy, Rene Kielbasa Weather: Mostly sunny, -2 to 0C, fairly stong winds out of W or WNW. Raptor Observations: Mostly Redtails well off to the the north and flying north-westerly. A Juvenile Northern Goshawk flew between my truck and the tower, maybe 3 metres off the ground, as I was pulling on my wind pants after first arriving this morning. Non-raptor Observations: During the first couple hours there were many small flocks of Am. Goldfinch & Pine Sisken, a couple Northern Flickers, one flock of 7 Tundra Swan later in the day. Predictions: Cloudy skies. High 1C. Winds SW at 12 to 20 km/hr. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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
