Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 78 1498 33318 Osprey 0 0 202 Bald Eagle 0 2 183 Northern Harrier 8 74 880 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 72 12948 Cooper's Hawk 11 110 978 Northern Goshawk 2 4 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 25 245 401 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 116 1538 2483 Rough-legged Hawk 1 9 21 Golden Eagle 1 45 85 American Kestrel 1 15 4874 Merlin 0 2 131 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 77 Unknown Accipiter 0 12 62 Unknown Buteo 4 10 39 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 6 Unknown Raptor 0 0 14 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Black Vulture 1 1 1 Total: 255 3640 100145 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Bob Pettit, Cindy Cartwright, Jim McCoy Visitors: Quite a few visitors today with the nice weather. Weather: A beautiful Novemeber day! Blue skies with a few puffy clouds, light southeast winds, and milder temperatures. Raptor Observations: A few birds moving early, and then just a trickle throughout the day. Red-tails dominated again, and two Northern Goshawks gave good looks passing near the tower. The raptor of the day was a Black Vulture that cruised by from east to west giving nice scope views as it alternated soaring and gliding. The total migrant raptor count for the season hit six figures this morning with an adult Cooper's Hawk passing the plane of the tower. Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe 60, Double-crested Cormorant 70, Great Blue Heron 8, Tundra Swan 27, Mute Swan 70, Canada Goose 70, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 25, American Black Duck 20, Mallard 200, Northern Pintail 40, Northern Shoveler 20, Gadwall 400, American Wigeon 30, Redhead 2, Ring-necked Duck 40, Bufflehead 11, Ruddy Duck 4, American Coot 1000, Killdeer 1, Bonaparteâs Gull 25, Ring-billed Gull 100, Herring Gull 5, Rock Pigeon 2, Mourning Dove 4, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 3, Horned Lark 25, Blue Jay 24, American Crow 290, Black-capped Chickadee 6, Brown Creeper 1, Carolina Wren 1, Winter Wren 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet 4, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Eastern Bluebird 3, American Robin 30, American Pipit 6, Cedar Waxwing 31, European Starling 10000, Yellow-rumped Warbler 4, Northern Cardinal 4, American Tree Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 2, Swamp Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 1, Dark-eyed Junco 1, Red-winged Blackbird 1000, Rusty Blackbird 125, Common Grackle 500, Brown-headed Cowbird 30, Purple Finch 1, Pine Siskin 4, American Goldfinch 14, House Sparrow 4. Predictions: Partly Cloudy. High: 15 C. Wind South 19 km/h. Sounds fairly similar to today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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