Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 192 192 Osprey 4 113 113 Bald Eagle 0 127 127 Northern Harrier 3 300 300 Sharp-shinned Hawk 67 4975 4975 Cooper's Hawk 3 240 240 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 41791 41791 Red-tailed Hawk 0 61 61 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 1025 1025 Merlin 2 54 54 Peregrine Falcon 2 10 10 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: 87 48902 48902 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Jim McCoy, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner Visitors: A handful of visitors today, including Steve Wagner and Pat Tomlinson from Cincinnati. Weather: A strange weather day. Heavy clouds and fog to start the day, a brief rain shower, and then eventual clearing. Winds were very light for the majority of the day out of the southwest. Temperature ranged from 19-26 degrees C. Visibility was never very good today. Raptor Observations: A few migrants, but overall quite slow. Highlights were two Peregrine Falcons (one immature and one adult) quickly flying down the beach. Amazingly, not a single Buteo was spotted all day. Non-raptor Observations: Another Red-headed Woodpecker, the season's first Rusty Blackbird, three American Golden Plovers, and a nice foraging flock containing thirteen species of warblers headlined today. Blue Jays are starting in, with 5790 passing today. Pied-billed Grebe 25, Double-crested Cormorant 76, Great Blue Heron 15, Great Egret 3, Black-crowned Night-Heron 1, Mute Swan 70, Canada Goose 56, Wood Duck 25, Green-winged Teal 2, American Black Duck 2, Mallard 200, Northern Pintail 3, Blue-winged Teal 17, Northern Shoveler 6, Gadwall 7, American Wigeon 16, Common Moorhen 3, American Coot 22, American Golden Plover 3, Killdeer 2, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 22, Bonaparteâs Gull 1, Ring-billed Gull 85, Herring Gull 4, Caspian Tern 4, Rock Pigeon 2, Mourning Dove 1, Common Nighthawk 1, Chimney Swift 15, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-headed Woodpecker 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 4, Tree Swallow 2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 13, Barn Swallow 22, Blue Jay 5790, American Crow 1, Black-capped Chickadee 4, Carolina Wren 2, House Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4, American Robin 3, Gray Catbird 4, Cedar Waxwing 234, European Starling 2000, Tennessee Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 4, Northern Parula 3, Chestnut-sided Warbler 1, Magnolia Warbler 3, Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Black-throated Green Warbler 2, Palm Warbler 6, Bay-breasted Warbler 1, Blackpoll Warbler 3, American Redstart 2, Common Yellowthroat 2, Northern Cardinal 4, Red-winged Blackbird 25, Rusty Blackbird 1, Common Grackle 5, Brown-headed Cowbird 29, House Finch 2, American Goldfinch 119. Black Saddlebags 25, Common Green Darner 10, Monarch 16, Common Buckeye 2. Predictions: Chance of Rain. Partly Cloudy. High: 19 C. Wind WSW 10 km/h. 20 percent chance of precipitation (trace amounts). ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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