Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 22, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 1 17 166 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 181 9701 Cooper's Hawk 1 129 939 Northern Goshawk 0 11 29 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 336 1094 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 9 2100 6158 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: 14 3797 83116 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks Visitors: Bob Hall-Brooks and John and Chris Craft stopped by the Tower today. Weather: Thick fog early on gradually diminishing throughout the AM, otherwise overcast skies becoming partly cloudy by mid-PM. East wind at 1 to 10 mph. Temps. ranged from 4.8 to a high of 10.8 C. Visibility was greatly reduced by fog in the AM, but improved considerably by noon. Raptor Observations: A very slow trickle of raptors throughout the day. Non-raptor Observations: Tundra Swan- 52, Belted Kingfisher- 1 (first this Nov), Am. Goldfinch- 120. Predictions: Mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies in the PM. East-southeast wind at 5 to 10 mph. High of 10C. ======================================================================== 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/
