Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 269 41731 42986 Osprey 0 22 94 Bald Eagle 1 56 148 Northern Harrier 7 253 588 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 4357 9519 Cooper's Hawk 10 623 807 Northern Goshawk 2 17 18 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 753 758 Broad-winged Hawk 0 120 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 163 3834 4056 Rough-legged Hawk 1 5 5 Golden Eagle 5 44 45 American Kestrel 3 713 1733 Merlin 0 56 120 Peregrine Falcon 1 65 99 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 7 Unknown Buteo 0 4 11 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 496 52656 79290 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Olga Klekner Visitors: Claude Radley and Todd Pepper stopped by to show (insert name),of Toronto, around Holiday Beach. Olga Klekner was out for the afternoon to help spot and enjoy the close Goldens. Weather: Thick fog blanketed the area up through late AM when the fog slowly began to burn off. Otherwise, mostly to partly cloudy skies with East-northeast to East-southeast winds at 1 to 7 mph. Temps. ranged from 13.2 to about 15.5 C. Visibility greatly reduced by fog early on, but improved considerably by mid-PM; very poor to fair. Raptor Observations: A surprising lift off and passage of Turkey Vultures and Red-tailed Hawks between 1100 and 1120 EST as the sun burned through the fog and the winds picked up out of the East-northeast. Flight died down again with returning cloud cover, but this period of inactivity was short lived. Five immature Golden Eagles, two boldly-marked juvenile Northern Goshawks, and a light morph Rough-legged Hawk were the highlights. Non-raptor Observations: 14 species of waterfowl, Double-crested Cormorant- 13 (flyovers), Great Blue Heron- 20+, Great Egret- 6+, Black-crowned Night-Heron- 2 juv. COMMON NIGHTHAWK- 1 (flying out in front of Tower to the E for 2-3 mins. at 1300 EST), Horned Lark- 310, N. Rough-winged Swallow- 1 (foraging around Tower all day; late), Blue Jay- 65, Am. Crow- 3,345, Eastern Bluebird- 7, Am. Pipit- 205, Cedar Waxwing- 105, Am. Tree Sparrow- 1 (FOF), Lapland Longspur- 10, Purple Finch- 12, House Finch- 2, Am. Goldfinch- 375. Other: Monarch- 4-5. Predictions: Overcast skies with rain showers possible. South to southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. High of 14C. Chance of rain around 70%. Looks like it will be a slow day. ======================================================================== 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/
