Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 9 456 456 Osprey 0 71 71 Bald Eagle 2 87 87 Northern Harrier 10 301 301 Sharp-shinned Hawk 156 4481 4481 Cooper's Hawk 6 155 155 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 1 17952 17952 Red-tailed Hawk 0 170 170 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 12 924 924 Merlin 2 56 56 Peregrine Falcon 1 24 24 Unknown Accipiter 0 6 6 Unknown Buteo 0 6 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 1 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 200 24697 24697 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Rene Kielbasa Observers: Bob Pettit, Jim McCoy, Justin Bosler, Karen Padbury Visitors: good number...30....of which 1/2 as many from State of Michigan Weather: early a.m. brought in fog/clouds terminating with a sunny but less productive day.temperature flexing 13/23 degrees.wind direction east/west quadrant at max.12mph. Raptor Observations: most activity early morning to high noon/.most common were sharpies. Non-raptor Observations: blue jays..5900 monarch ...62 Predictions: thundershowers extreme winds(gales of November).predicting low numbers (40 individuals/9species ) my guessestimate!!!!. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rene Kielbasa ([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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
