Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 11843 12410 Osprey 0 41 196 Bald Eagle 0 16 161 Northern Harrier 0 250 632 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 4331 11145 Cooper's Hawk 1 258 613 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 38 38 Broad-winged Hawk 0 937 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 0 228 302 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 8 9 American Kestrel 1 3162 4628 Merlin 0 14 101 Peregrine Falcon 0 22 60 Unknown Accipiter 0 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: 2 21209 73818 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: none Weather: A very wet morning with winds non-existant, or out of the WSW lead to very few migrating birds today. Temps in the morning ranged from 15.3C to 12.9C during the 3 hours of observation. The cloud cover never broke and the drizzle became a steady light rain. Since the weather report at 6am predicted no change in the conditions until the 4 o'clock hour, I called it a day after the first 3 hours with only 2 hawks seen. (of course by the time I made it back to my home in Pinckney MI the sun was out here) Raptor Observations: NO raptors for the first 2 hours. In the first half of the 10 o'clock hour on large Coopers Hawk flew down the shoreline, and an American Kestrel was also seen. Non-raptor Observations: 6 Pied-billed Grebes noted in the marsh very close to the road. My only entertainment for the 3 hours of observation were the few song birds in the scrub around the tower. The following were noted between 8am and 11am: 1 Downy Woodpecker (f); 2 Warbling Vireo; 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets; 6 Juv Dark-eyed Junco; 1 Northern Cardinal; 4 Juv White-crowned Sparrows; 6 Juv White-throated Sparrows, 2 Song Sparrows, 2 House Sparrows; 1 (f) Palm Warbler; 3 Common Yellowthroats; 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler. 14 American Gold finch did fly over in the light drizzle as well. Predictions: Weather conditions will be much better, but winds are still predicted from the WSW according to recent weather report. Should be mostly sunny, with high temp of about 60 F. ======================================================================== 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/
