Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2301 38136 Osprey 0 2 135 Bald Eagle 0 17 164 Northern Harrier 0 81 714 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 103 9426 Cooper's Hawk 0 138 550 Northern Goshawk 0 2 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 298 499 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 1 2850 3972 Rough-legged Hawk 0 36 39 Golden Eagle 1 62 70 American Kestrel 0 0 1445 Merlin 0 6 125 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 50 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2 Unknown Buteo 0 1 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 3 5897 71483 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Visitors: University of Windsor Students Britney Hewitt, Minhas Khan, Ashamdeep Antal, and Gurnavjyot Singh visited the tower today. Weather: Cloudy skies with 20+ kmph SW winds gusting over 30 kmph. Steady temperature ranging from 5.4 down to 5.1 degrees. Raptor Observations: 3 Species of raptor today including 1 adult Golden Eagle that appeared over the tree line north of the trout pond at 10:40 a.m. 2 adult and 1 juvinile local Bald Eagles were flying low over the marsh. Not many birds flying today into the SW winds. Non-raptor Observations: Great Blue Heron, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, DC Cormorant, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, GW Teal, BW Teal, Mallard, American Black Duck, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck and Hooded Merganser were observed in the marsh. Predictions: Tomorrow is forecasted to have mostly sunny skies with 20 kmph SW winds and a high of 10 degrees. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dan Lumm () 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/
