Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 16 165 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 180 9700 Cooper's Hawk 0 128 938 Northern Goshawk 0 10 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 334 1092 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 2089 6147 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 105 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 6 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1 3780 83099 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Dan Loncke Visitors: Dan Loncke, of Windsor, stuck it out for two hours despite the grim conditions. Weather: Overcast and hazy skies with only a small pocket or two of blue sky throughout the day. Southwest and West-south-west winds at 5 to 12 mph. Temps. ranged from 7.3 to a high of 9 C. Visibility was reduced considerably by fog/ haze. Count terminated at 1400 EST with no forseeable improvement in the conditions. Raptor Observations: A few of the local Redtails and Bald Eagles were up and moving around a little. Non-raptor Observations: A few more birds moving today than yesterday, but that's not saying much; predominantly starlings. Some small flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles moving along the north edge of the marsh. Horned Lark- 5, Am. Goldfinch- 95. Predictions: Mostly to partly cloudy skies with light and variable winds. High of 10C. There will be sun, so there should be raptors. ======================================================================== 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/
