Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 461 1924 3179 Osprey 1 2 74 Bald Eagle 4 8 100 Northern Harrier 11 20 355 Sharp-shinned Hawk 159 388 5550 Cooper's Hawk 2 29 213 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 5 Broad-winged Hawk 11 24 18196 Red-tailed Hawk 4 12 234 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 2 35 1055 Merlin 3 10 73 Peregrine Falcon 5 17 51 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 6 Unknown Buteo 0 1 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 663 2470 29103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Bob Pettit, Ethan Melag, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury Visitors: A few visitors braved the ominous weather today... Thanks to Ethan Meleg and Dean and Allison Ware, and all the other spotters today. Thanks to Cramer for supporting my passion. Weather: A blustery October day...Temps ranged from 10.0 C this morning to a high of 14.7 C early afternoon. Cloud cover was almost complete the majority of the day. Winds were WSW early changing to SW in the afternoon. Wind speed was pretty constant throughout the day from 8 to 10 mph, gusting to 13 mph. Raptor Observations: A good day for falcons with several of each making an appearance. A few Broad-winged hawks still moving thru along with a single Osprey gave us 11 species today. Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned hawks showed the largest numbers. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays continue moving thru 16,320, though the numbers seem to be decreasing from earlier this week. A large movement of American Gold Finch,1,085 today along with European Starlings. A single Spotted Sandpiper forged at the pond east of the tower, and a single Ruby Throated Hummingbird was noted. Other birds of note: Red-headed Woodpecker 1, Killdeer 18, Norther Flicker 1, Tree Swallows 35. Predictions: Tomorrow promises a lot more sunshine...should be a big day for Turkey Vultures if they keep moving through. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([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/
