Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 39600 40855 Osprey 0 19 91 Bald Eagle 0 52 144 Northern Harrier 0 191 526 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 4167 9329 Cooper's Hawk 1 563 747 Northern Goshawk 0 14 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 685 690 Broad-winged Hawk 0 120 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 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: 4 49443 76077 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Visitors: None Weather: Cloudy, SW winds up to 32 km/hr, temperature in the 10 degree range Raptor Observations: Only 4 raptors in 4 hours Non-raptor Observations: Most migrants got blown back after heading out over the lake, however, a flock of 15 Robins, 75 Blue Jays and 30 Am. Goldfinch did make it. Predictions: Intervals of cloud and sun. High of 13, winds out of SSW at 6 - 12 km/hr. Could me another slow day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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/
