Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 65 39600 40855 Osprey 0 19 91 Bald Eagle 1 52 144 Northern Harrier 0 191 526 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 4164 9326 Cooper's Hawk 2 562 746 Northern Goshawk 0 14 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 685 690 Broad-winged Hawk 0 120 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 1 3190 3412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 24 25 American Kestrel 0 698 1718 Merlin 0 53 117 Peregrine Falcon 0 59 93 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: 82 49439 76073 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner Visitors: Jim McCoy and Olga Klekner were out to help spot, which became a tough job with so few raptors flying. I had to bring the day's quota of Sharpies per person down to 5 from 10 just so my helpers wouldn't have to spend the night ;). Dennis Patrick stopped by briefly in the afternoon. Weather: Mostly cloudy to overcast skies with South-southwest to Southwest winds at 1 to 7 mph. Winds becoming dead calm for a period in the early PM. Temps. ranged from 12.3 to 16.5C. Visibility reduced to about 10 km by persistent haze. Raptor Observations: Exceedingly slow day for the most part. Excluding the 1200 to 1300 (EST) hour, which had a number of vultures, there was an average of about two raptors, almost exclusively Sharpies, per hour. Non-raptor Observations: 14 species of waterfowl, Black-crowned Night-heron- 4 juv., Great Egret- 12, Common Moorhen- 1, Killdeer- 14, Wilson's Snipe- 2, Chimney Swift- 10-12 (still around), Belted Kingfisher- 1f (first since 13 Oct), Red-headed Woodpecker- 1 juv. (eastbound) Hairy Woodpecker- 1, Horned Lark- 2,040, Tree Swallow- 100+, N. Rough-winged Swallow- 5, Blue Jay- 1,200 (2x2 count), Am. Crow- 296, Eastern Bluebird- 2+ (one group heard but overtaken by EUST flock), Am. Robin- 380, Am. Pipit- 50, Cedar Waxwing- 358, Eastern Meadowlark- 1, Purple Finch- 12, House Finch- 38, Am. Goldfinch- 2,410. Predictions: Overcast skies with rain likely. Rain turning to drizzle by early PM. East-southeast winds at 15 to 20 mph. High of 13C. Chance of rain is 100%. There won't be much of anything flying tomorrow. ======================================================================== 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/
