Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 13 13 Osprey 16 67 67 Bald Eagle 14 48 48 Northern Harrier 22 112 112 Sharp-shinned Hawk 686 2456 2456 Cooper's Hawk 25 42 42 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 186 315 315 Red-tailed Hawk 7 18 18 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 38 223 223 Merlin 8 23 23 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 1003 3319 3319 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 20:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy, Stephen Kolbe Visitors: A slow day for visitors. Due to the date it's possible than many of our usual USA crowd decided not to cross the borders. Weather: The day began with 100% cloud cover, mild temps, 18.2 C, but a heavy haze that made seeing any birds a challenge. The first 2 hours there were a few short periods of sprinkles, but nothing serious. Most of the morning hours remained at least 90% cloudy with no wind to speak of. Mid afternoon brought some breaks in the clouds, and by late afternoon the sun was out full force with temps reaching 25.2 C. Raptor Observations: We can always count on the Sharp-shinned Hawks to get the day started, rain or shine. Sharpies remained constant throughout the day with numbers in some hours in or near 100. We had a total of 10 species today with nice numbers Osprey, Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers, American Kestrels, and late in the day a large kettle of Broad-winged Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Passerines included: Cedar Waxwing, American Gold Finch, Northern Cardinal, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue-gray Gnatcather, Yellow, Nashville, and Wilsons Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, Tree Swallow, Gray Catbird, Belted Kingfisher and Northern Flicker. All the above were observed from the tower, as well as the following: Pied-billed Grebe, American Coot, Mallard, Wood Duck (M & F), Caspian Tern, Greater Egret, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron and Solitary Sandpiper. We also observed a low Common Nighthawk traveling with several American Kestrels. Predictions: Weather is looking better for Monday than most of today was. Let's hope the drier, warmer conditions continue the migration movement that started strongly this afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([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 [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
