Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 102 447 447
Osprey 0 70 70
Bald Eagle 5 85 85
Northern Harrier 23 289 289
Sharp-shinned Hawk 160 4271 4271
Cooper's Hawk 19 149 149
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4
Broad-winged Hawk 73 17951 17951
Red-tailed Hawk 14 170 170
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 41 912 912
Merlin 5 51 51
Peregrine Falcon 0 22 22
Unknown Accipiter 0 6 6
Unknown Buteo 0 6 6
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 442 24436 24436
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Justin Bosler
Observers: Bob Pettit, Jim McCoy, Patrick Tomlinson, Sarah Rupert,
Steve Wagner, Sylvia Telasco
Visitors:
At least 35 visitors to the Tower today, including, among others, Jim
McCoy, Bob Pettit, Steve Wagner, Patrick Tomlinson, Sarah Rupert, Gerald
Peltier, Wayne and Sylvia Telasco, Carmen Hudson, and Andrew Davis.
Weather:
Partly to mostly cloudy skies with breezy Northeast to East winds at 3 to
12 mph and gusts in excess of 15 mph. Winds were variable at times
throughout the PM, often swinging from Northeast to Southeast in the same
minute. Temps. climbed from 13.6 to about 21.5C. Visibility good to
excellent.
Raptor Observations:
Only 2 small kettles of Broadwings.
Non-raptor Observations:
12 species of waterfowl
Black-crowned Night-heron- 5,
Bald Eagle- at least 6 locals,
Shorebirds included Am. Golden-Plover(3), Killdeer(8), Lesser
Yellowlegs(5), Solitary(1) and Pectoral(1) Sandpipers, and and Wilson's
Snipe(3).
Chimney Swift- 15,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 1,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 3
Eastern Phoebe- 2
Blue Jay- 73,250,
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 3,
White-breasted Nuthatch- 2,
Golden-crowned Kinglet- 1
Red-eyed Vireo- 2,
American Pipit- 7+,
Cedar Waxwing- 546,
Minimal flight of warblers in comparison to yesterday, 24 Sep. About 10
species in total.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- 2,
Purple Finch- 5,
American Goldfinch- 840,
Other:
Monarch- 52,
few dragonflies today.
Predictions:
Overcast to mostly cloudy skies with Southeast to South-southwest winds at
5 to 10 mph. High of 23C. Chance of rain showers around 70% with a possible
PM t-storm. Come celebrate the final day of the Festival of Hawks tomorrow.
Weather permitting, there will be songbird and raptor banding
demonstrations and adoptions.
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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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