Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 11, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 85 783 43790
Osprey 0 0 94
Bald Eagle 3 15 164
Northern Harrier 14 80 669
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 138 9658
Cooper's Hawk 39 106 916
Northern Goshawk 1 4 22
Red-shouldered Hawk 177 264 1022
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292
Red-tailed Hawk 786 1630 5688
Rough-legged Hawk 6 15 20
Golden Eagle 11 31 76
American Kestrel 1 8 1741
Merlin 0 1 121
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 102
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8
Unknown Buteo 3 6 17
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 1150 3085 82404
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Justin Bosler
Observers: Cindy Isenhoff, Jim McCoy, Mike Fitzpatrick, Olga Klekner,
Paul Pratt, Sarah Rupert
Visitors:
A bunch of sharp-eyed spotters were out to enjoy the flight, including Olga
Klekner, Sarah Rupert, Paul Pratt, Mike Fitzpatrick, Jim McCoy, Tom Prenny,
Cindy Isenhoff, and Ralph Billingsley.
Weather:
Clear skies with brisk North-northeast to Northeast winds at 5 to 15 mph
(gusts to 20). Temps. ranged from 4.5 to a high of 10.5 C. Visibility was
excellent throughout the day.
Raptor Observations:
An incredible flight for November beginning shortly after 0800 EST. Kettle
after kettle of Redtails and Redshoulders passed between 0900 and about
1130 EST. The flight gained substantial height by late morning, and was
largely coming off of the lake or along the shoreline. Reminiscent of the
Broadwing kettles coming off of the lake on north winds in September. One
ad. dark morph Red-tailed Hawk in one of the first kettles of the morning;
low and directly over the Tower providing great looks. Other highlights
included 6 Roughlegs and 11 Golden Eagles.
Non-raptor Observations:
Tennessee Warbler- 1 HY (very late).
Predictions:
Mostly sunny (or cloudless) skies with East-northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph.
High of 11C. There should be a fair number of raptors moving again
tomorrow.
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Report submitted by Justin Bosler ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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