Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1329 38871 40126 Osprey 1 19 91 Bald Eagle 1 50 142 Northern Harrier 15 182 517 Sharp-shinned Hawk 73 4064 9226 Cooper's Hawk 21 539 723 Northern Goshawk 1 14 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 46 685 690 Broad-winged Hawk 0 120 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 215 3178 3400 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 3 24 25 American Kestrel 4 692 1712 Merlin 1 52 115 Peregrine Falcon 0 56 90 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 7 Unknown Buteo 0 3 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 1710 48554 75187 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Dave Stimac, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Sarah Rupert Visitors: About 30 or so visitors today. Some of the helpful spotters included Dave Stimac and Jeff Beckings(?), of Michigan, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Sarah Rupert, and Rene Kielbasa. Weather: Mostly clear skies with very few small cumulus clouds developing around midday. Light Northwest wind at 1 to 3 mph early on soon switched to the Southwest at 4 to 7 mph by 1030 EST. Temps. climbed from a frosty 2.5 to a mild 10.5C. Visibility excellent all day. Raptor Observations: Vultures, once more, were the most numerous raptor, however, the flight has thinned out considerably. Non-raptor Observations: Canvasback- 25, Redhead- 2, American Bittern- 1, Black-crowned Night-heron- 3 (1 subad., 2 juv.) Great Egret- 10, Common Moorhen- 2+, Bonaparte's Gull- 20, Killdeer- 8, AM. AVOCET- 1 in basic plumage (continues from 14 Oct) Wilson's Snipe- 1, Common Nighthawk- 1, Chimney Swift- 15, Tree Swallow- 50+, N. Rough-winged Swallow- 10+, Blue Jay- 8,200, Am. Crow- 1,080, Eastern Bluebird- 25 Cedar Waxwing- 124, Purple Finch- 22, Am. Goldfinch- 1,230, Predictions: Mostly sunny skies with breezy Southwest winds at 8 to 12 mph in the AM and increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the PM. Some gusts could reach 30 mph. High of 14C. It will be an uneventful day as far as raptor migration is concerned, as will most of the week judging by the long term forecast with predicted Southwest winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler ([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/
