Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 14 14
Osprey 10 31 31
Bald Eagle 13 27 27
Northern Harrier 25 78 78
Sharp-shinned Hawk 310 1103 1103
Cooper's Hawk 4 28 28
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 109 361 361
Red-tailed Hawk 4 36 36
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 49 191 191
Merlin 3 17 17
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7
Unknown Accipiter 1 3 3
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 528 1898 1898
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Justin Bosler
Observers: Bob Pettit, Dorothy Balkwill, Gary Balkwill, Jim McCoy,
Rene Kielbasa, Sarah Ruppert
Visitors:
Quite a few visitors (16) today including Jim Mcoy, Gary and Dorothy
Balkwill, Rene Kielbasa, Sarah Ruppert, Bob Pettit, and several other
enthusiastic hawkwatchers.
Weather:
Clear skies early becoming mostly and then partly cloudy. Some haze and fog
to North over first hour or so. Northeast winds at 0 to 3 mph to start then
becoming East-southeast to Southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Temps. ranged from
17.5 to 23.5C. Visibility improved from about 10 to 28 km.
Raptor Observations:
Great day all around, although lacking larger numbers of Broadwings.
Largest of 3 kettles comprised 52 individuals. Best hour between 1500-1600
EST with a total of 115 raptors recorded. Another fine Kestrel total (49).
Non-raptor Observations:
Black-crowned Night-heron- 8,
Bald Eagle- 3 locals,
Shorebirds included Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted,
Solitary, and Pectoral (13) Sandpipers.
Bonaparte's Gull- 2 basic ads.,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 24,
Purple Martin- 3+,
Moderate morning flight of warblers comprised mostly of Magnolia, Yellow,
and Redstart.
Cedar Waxwing- 153,
Purple Finch- 4,
American Goldfinch- 285,
Other:
Monarch- 120
Few dragonflies today.
Predictions:
Foggy to start then becoming partly cloudy by late AM. Northeast and
North-northeast winds at 0 to 10 mph. High of 24C. Reminder that Festival
of Hawks begins tomorrow and continues through Sunday. Come see the
spectacle of raptor migration at Holiday Beach. Visit www.hbmo.org for more
details.
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Report submitted by Justin Bosler ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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