Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1615 33435 Osprey 0 1 203 Bald Eagle 1 7 188 Northern Harrier 4 104 915 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 101 13060 Cooper's Hawk 3 146 1014 Northern Goshawk 1 7 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 267 423 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 30 1813 2758 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 22 Golden Eagle 0 58 98 American Kestrel 0 15 4874 Merlin 0 6 135 Peregrine Falcon 1 5 79 Unknown Accipiter 0 15 65 Unknown Buteo 0 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 0 1 1 Total: 47 4181 100774 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Mike Fitzpatrick Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Ian Woodfield from Windsor. Weather: NW winds slowly backed to W. Temp from 8 to 13 C. Although there was a good deal of sunshine it was filtered through a thin deck of cirrocumulus cloud which prevented enough heating to get thermals going. Raptor Observations: A trickle of raptors today highlighted by great close views of a very large and very pale adult Peregrine that had those on the tower initially thinking Gyr. Non-raptor Observations: Little passerine movement today but a good number of Yellow-rumped Warblers were noted. Predictions: Mostly cloudy in the morning with sunny breaks in the afternoon. Light West winds increasing as the day progresses. Morning lows just below freezing with an afternoon high near 5C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([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/
