Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 56 192 192 Osprey 2 109 109 Bald Eagle 1 127 127 Northern Harrier 14 297 297 Sharp-shinned Hawk 233 4908 4908 Cooper's Hawk 36 237 237 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 83 41791 41791 Red-tailed Hawk 2 61 61 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 50 1019 1019 Merlin 1 52 52 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 8 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Raptor 0 5 5 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 479 48815 48815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Tom Hince Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner, Stephen Kolbe Weather: A very pleasant day. Mostly sunny with the morning temp 13C rising to 23 by early afternoon. Light N winds becoming SE by 11:00. Raptor Observations: A steady stream of raptors over the tower in the morning drifted North of the site with the wind shift. The highlight of the day was an adult peregrine patrolling the beach. Non-raptor Observations: 84 species of non-raptors included: Pied-billed Grebe 15, Double-crested Cormorant 100+, Least Bittern 1, Great-blue Herons, Great Egrets, Black-crowned Night Heron 3, Mute Swan 84, Canada Goose 45, Wood Duck 25, Green-winged Teal 4, American Black Duck 1, Mallard 100+, Northern Pintail 3, Blue-winged Teal 4, Northern Shoveler 4, Gadwall 1, American Widgeon 4, Canvasback 2, Ring-necked Duck 3, Sora 1, Common Moorhen 2, American Coot 25, Black-bellied Plover 1, Killdeer 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 3, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Pectoral Sandpiper 4, Stilt Sandpiper 2, Bonapartes Gull 5, Ring-billed Gull 200, Herring Gull 1, Caspian Tern 6, Rock Pigeon 3, Mourning Dove 10, Eastern Screech Owl 1, Great Horned Owl 1, Chimney Swift 5, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-headed Woodpecker 3, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 14, Eastern Phoebe 1, Tree Swallow 6, Barn Swallow 4, Swallow Species 15, Blue Jay 3,440, American Crow 1, Black-capped Chickadee 2, Carolina Wren 1, House Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2, American Robin 3, Gray Catbird 6, American Pipit 2, Cedar Waxwing 30, European Starling 25, Philadelphia Vireo 1, Nashville Warbler 1, Northern Parula 3, Chestnut-sided Warbler 2, Magnolia Warbler 6, Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 15, Black-throated Green Warbler 4, Palm Warbler 8, Blackpoll Warbler 7, Black and White Warbler 2, American Redstart 3, Northern Waterthrush 1, Common Yellowthroat 3, Wilsons Warbler 3, Northern Cardinal 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1, Song Sparrow 1, Lincolns Sparrow 1, Swamp Sparrow 2, Bobolink 1, Red-winged Blackbird 10, Common Grackle 15, House Finch 2, American Goldfinch 155. Black Saddlebags 100+, Common Green Darter 100+, Monarch Butterfly 72. Predictions: Sunny and warm with moderate South winds and the risk of a thunderstorm. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([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/
