Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 2 2 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 4 4 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 1 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 7 7 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit, Todd Pepper Observers: Bob Pettit Visitors: A handful of local residents came out today to welcome the full time raptor counter, and we also had visitors from Mont. St. Hilaire, Quebec and a couple from Kitchener, Ontario Weather: Warm to hot with a closing temperature of 27.3. Very light winds that shifted direction all day. Mostly cloudy. Raptor Observations: A slow first day with only 7 raptors migrating past the tower today. Non-raptor Observations: There was a heavy migration of songbirds all through the Holiday Beach Conservation Area all day, for the third day in a row. Blackpoll Warblers lead the parade, but 11 other species of Warbler were observed including: Tennessee, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Pine, Bay-breasted, Black-and-White, American Redstart and Ovenbird. Red-breasted Nuthatch and Northern Cardinal were also present in good numbers. Predictions: The weather prediction for Sunday is a copy of today's weather. All signs are that the song bird migration will continue in strenght. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_t...@yahoo.ca) 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
