Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 245 11632 12199 Osprey 2 39 194 Bald Eagle 0 16 161 Northern Harrier 5 246 628 Sharp-shinned Hawk 62 4312 11126 Cooper's Hawk 24 242 597 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 37 37 Broad-winged Hawk 0 937 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 25 222 296 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 8 9 American Kestrel 16 3159 4625 Merlin 1 10 97 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 57 Unknown Accipiter 1 31 43 Unknown Buteo 0 20 25 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 6 Unknown Raptor 0 5 13 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 388 20939 73548 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Claude Radley Visitors: Nine visitors to the tower today. A rather slow day for visitors as well as hawks. Weather: Yet another day of mostly blue skies, warm temperatures, and light winds out of the south. Raptor Observations: Not suprisingly, raptors were relatively few and far between today. A couple groups of Turkey Vultures went past, as did a scattering of other migrants. Decent diversity, but low numbers. Non-raptor Observations: Headliners today include Indigo Bunting, Common Nighthawk, and Field Sparrow. The bird of the day was a jaeger species (yet to be identified; I took some Bigfoot-style photos) that flew over the tower very high heading due south. Pied-billed Grebe 60, Double-crested Cormorant 80, Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 4, Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, Mute Swan 70, Canada Goose 4, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 10, American Black Duck 12, Mallard 150, Northern Pintail 11, Blue-winged Teal 85, Northern Shoveler 4, Gadwall 7, American Wigeon 60, Ring-necked Duck 3, Hooded Merganser 2, Common Moorhen 4, American Coot 1200, Killdeer 15, Wilsonâs Snipe 6, Bonaparteâs Gull 11, Ring-billed Gull 150, Herring Gull 8, Caspian Tern 5, Rock Pigeon 8, Mourning Dove 2, Common Nighthawk 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 4, Eastern Phoebe 1, Horned Lark 2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3, Blue Jay 3130, American Crow 5, Black-capped Chickadee 3, Carolina Wren 2, Golden-crowned Kinglet 2, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2, American Robin 7, Gray Catbird 3, American Pipit 3, Cedar Waxwing 2, European Starling 3000, Blue-headed Vireo 1, Nashville Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 27, Palm Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, Northern Cardinal 5, Indigo Bunting 1, Field Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 2, Swamp Sparrow 2, White-throated Sparrow 6, Red-winged Blackbird 340, Common Grackle 6, Rusty Blackbird 1, American Goldfinch 78, House Sparrow 4. Black Saddlebags 1, Common Green Darner 1, Monarch 25, Common Buckeye 3, Red Admiral 1. Predictions: Chance of Rain. Mostly Cloudy. High: 19 C. Wind SE 8 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/
