Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 773 12616 13183 Osprey 1 42 197 Bald Eagle 1 17 162 Northern Harrier 5 255 637 Sharp-shinned Hawk 140 4471 11285 Cooper's Hawk 16 274 629 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 39 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 937 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 3 231 305 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 1 9 10 American Kestrel 83 3245 4711 Merlin 10 24 111 Peregrine Falcon 3 25 63 Unknown Accipiter 1 32 44 Unknown Buteo 0 20 25 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 6 Unknown Raptor 1 6 14 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 1039 22248 74857 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Donna Bedard, Jim McCoy Visitors: Eight. Weather: Blue skies today with a few clouds creeping in during the late afternoon. Strong winds out of the southwest all day. Cooler temperatures ranging from 9-15 C. Raptor Observations: A very entertaining day of migration! A steady trickle of Turkey Vultures throughout the day with good numbers of Sharp-shinned Hawks and American Kestrels. Most of the Sharpies came through in the morning whereas the Kestrels featured more prominently in the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: The strong wind kept birds down and made detection fairly difficult. The highlight for me was a flock of 30 Chimney Swifts that went by at eye level fighting the gusts of wind. The number of ducks in the marsh seems to be increasing by the day. Pied-billed Grebe 40, Double-crested Cormorant 60, Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 2, Mute Swan 70, Canada Goose 25, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 5, American Black Duck 2, Mallard 300, Northern Pintail 30, Blue-winged Teal 10, Northern Shoveler 20, Gadwall 100, American Wigeon 75, Redhead 12, Ring-necked Duck 8, Common Moorhen 1, American Coot 400, Killdeer 2, Bonaparteâs Gull 15, Ring-billed Gull 250, Herring Gull 20, Caspian Tern 5, Rock Pigeon 4, Mourning Dove 2, Chimney Swift 34, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 1, Horned Lark 3, Tree Swallow 30, Blue Jay 290, American Crow 2, Black-capped Chickadee 2, Carolina Wren 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet 2, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3, Gray Catbird 1, European Starling 100, Yellow-rumped Warbler 9, Northern Cardinal 2, Chipping Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 7, Dark-eyed Junco 4, Red-winged Blackbird 40, Rusty Blackbird 1, Pine Siskin 2, American Goldfinch 46, House Sparrow 4. Monarch 9. Predictions: Overcast. High of 16 C. Winds from the West at 15 km/h. Chance of rain 20 percent. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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