Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 10 1883 33703 Osprey 0 2 204 Bald Eagle 0 18 199 Northern Harrier 9 136 947 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 114 13073 Cooper's Hawk 1 195 1063 Northern Goshawk 0 11 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 33 380 536 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 56 2447 3392 Rough-legged Hawk 0 16 28 Golden Eagle 6 78 118 American Kestrel 0 15 4874 Merlin 0 8 137 Peregrine Falcon 1 7 81 Unknown Accipiter 0 15 65 Unknown Buteo 1 24 53 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: 119 5350 101943 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh Visitors: None Weather: Partly cloudy skies became overcast early. Brisk N-NNE winds with temps in the single digits. Raptor Observations: A good flight today featuring six Golden Eagles in a 35 minute period. The flight abruptly came to an end at 1:30. Non-raptor Observations: 38 non-raptor species were recorded today. Pied-billed Grebe 11, Double-crested Cormorant 14, Great Blue Heron 7, Tundra Swan 23, Mute Swan 27, Canada Goose 41, American Black Duck 6, Mallard 450, Northern Pintail 14, Northern Shoveler 31, Gadwall 18, American Wigeon 17, Redhead 5, Common Goldeneye 3, Bufflehead 7, Common Merganser 14, Red-breasted Merganser 21, Ruddy Duck 21, Duck Species 1500, American Coot 190, Bonapate's Gull 180, Ring-billed Gull 45, Herring Gull 21, Rock Pigeon 3, Mourning Dove 7, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 2. Predictions: Flood Warning in effect. 100% rain all day. Northeast winds 20-40kph. Low of 2C with the high near 7C. ======================================================================== 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/
