Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 315 9287 9854 Osprey 2 30 185 Bald Eagle 0 12 157 Northern Harrier 11 207 589 Sharp-shinned Hawk 177 4004 10818 Cooper's Hawk 20 168 523 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 25 25 Broad-winged Hawk 2 937 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 19 146 220 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 5 6 American Kestrel 8 3126 4592 Merlin 0 8 95 Peregrine Falcon 0 14 52 Unknown Accipiter 6 26 38 Unknown Buteo 0 16 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 5 Unknown Raptor 0 2 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 567 18015 70624 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Visitors: A large school group today was treated to views of Red-tailed Hawks and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Other visitors included Tom from Virginia and the Seymour Family from England. Weather: Yet another blue sky day today. Very light winds off the lake in the afternoon. Warm temperatures reached 20 C. Foggy in the morning, with haze throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Birds were slow to wake this morning due to the fog. A few birds eventually moved past: mostly Sharp-shinned Hawks and Turkey Vultures. Red-tailed Hawks and Red-shouldered Hawks continued today in small numbers. The season's first Rough-legged Hawk (a light bird) was seen powering to the west out over the marsh. Due to the conditions, birds again were high and far to the north. Non-raptor Observations: Headliners today include a Red-headed Woodpecker, Black-bellied Plover, and a few warblers (Tennessee, Nashville, Magnolia, Palm, and Yellow-rumped) around the tower. Pied-billed Grebe 50, Double-crested Cormorant 100, Great Blue Heron 30, Great Egret 8, Black-crowned Night-Heron 1, Mute Swan 70, Canada Goose 7, Wood Duck 40, Green-winged Teal 3, American Black Duck 4, Mallard 300, Northern Pintail 17, Blue-winged Teal 2, Northern Shoveler 4, Gadwall 2, American Wigeon 8, Ring-necked Duck 5, Common Moorhen 2, American Coot 600, Black-bellied Plover 1, Killdeer 17, Greater Yellowlegs 4, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Pectoral Sandpiper 2, Ring-billed Gull 300, Herring Gull 4, Caspian Tern 9, Rock Pigeon 4, Mourning Dove 2, Chimney Swift 2, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-headed Woodpecker 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 3, Eastern Phoebe 1, Horned Lark 1, Tree Swallow 2, Blue Jay 13470, American Crow 10, Black-capped Chickadee 6, Carolina Wren 2, Golden-crowned Kinglet 6, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3, American Robin 7, Gray Catbird 3, American Pipit 5, Cedar Waxwing 2, European Starling 5000, Tennessee Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 3, Magnolia Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 13, Palm Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, Northern Cardinal 5, Song Sparrow 3, Swamp Sparrow 2, White-throated Sparrow 7, White-crowned Sparrow 2, Dark-eyed Junco 2, Red-winged Blackbird 280, Common Grackle 2, Rusty Blackbird 2, Pine Siskin 31, American Goldfinch 418, House Sparrow 1. Black Saddlebags 4, Common Green Darner 1, Monarch 6, Common Buckeye 3. Predictions: Clear. High of 26 C and humid. Winds from the SSW at 20 km/h. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([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/
