Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 22, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2311 38146 Osprey 0 2 135 Bald Eagle 0 20 167 Northern Harrier 1 102 735 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 110 9433 Cooper's Hawk 0 163 575 Northern Goshawk 0 2 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 301 502 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 0 2936 4058 Rough-legged Hawk 0 42 45 Golden Eagle 0 73 81 American Kestrel 0 0 1445 Merlin 0 8 127 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: 1 6071 71657 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Visitors: None. Weather: Overcast with off and on drizzle and rain showers. Winds started off SSW before turning SSE 8-10 km/hr with a high of 14C. Raptor Observations: Only 1 female/juvenile Northern Harrier during the 11:00 hour. Non-raptor Observations: Two separate flocks of "Lesser" Snow Geese totaling 47 indiv. (23 white, 24 blue) made several passes around the marsh and couldn't seem to decide if they wanted to land; both eventually disappeared off to the NW. A lone Sandhill Crane also flew by low over the marsh before continuing off to the W. Predictions: Mostly cloudy then clearing throughout the morning. Winds W 30 km/hr gusting to 50 with temps. falling to 2C in the afternoon. Not ideal but should be a few raptors on the move. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki ([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/
