Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1627 33447 Osprey 0 1 203 Bald Eagle 0 7 188 Northern Harrier 1 105 916 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 104 13063 Cooper's Hawk 1 147 1015 Northern Goshawk 0 8 12 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 269 425 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 3 1852 2797 Rough-legged Hawk 0 11 23 Golden Eagle 0 59 99 American Kestrel 0 15 4874 Merlin 0 6 135 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 8 4242 100835 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Visitors: Just me. Weather: Cold and windy from Southwest Raptor Observations: Slim. Southwest winds too much. Lucky finding any. Non-raptor Observations: Great Blue Heron 3, Mute Swan 15, Canada Goose 100, American Black Duck 25, Mallard 250, Northern Shoveler 30, Gadwall 350, American Wigeon 10, Duck species 2000, American Coot 1000, Bonaparteâs Gull 20, Ring-billed Gull 10, Belted Kingfisher 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, American Crow 207, Horned Lark 20, Black-capped Chickadee 2, Eastern Bluebird 1, European Starling 100, Northern Cardinal 2, Lapland Longspur 4, Song Sparrow 1, Swamp Sparrow 2, White-throated Sparrow 2, Snow Bunting 25, American Goldfinch 91, House Sparrow 1. Predictions: Mostly sunny during the morning. Mostly cloudy during the afternoon. Highs 49 to 53. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph...turning to south ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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