Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 2 2 Osprey 12 15 15 Bald Eagle 2 2 2 Northern Harrier 10 15 15 Sharp-shinned Hawk 73 83 83 Cooper's Hawk 3 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 74 74 74 Red-tailed Hawk 7 8 8 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 29 35 35 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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 Black Vulture 1 1 1 Total: 214 240 240 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Visitors: Many interesting visitors today from near and far. An elderly couple from Shenzhen, China visiting family in the Windsor area won the price for having traveled the farthest to come to HBMO. There was another couple from Birmingham, England, and a young woman from Amman, Jordan. It was a pleasure to welcome back Nancy Tar, a former HBMO hawk counter, and her husband Bill from Berkley, Michigan. There were another 3 couples from Michigan and visitors from Toronto, Amherstburg, Windsor, Tecumseh, Lakeshore, Essex and Kingsville. Weather: Hot!! It was supposed to be 21 today, not 31. A humidity of between 60 - 80% did not help, and neither did the light breeze that averaged less than 5 km/hr. Raptor Observations: A total of 214 raptors of 11 species. The best bird of the day, maybe the year, was a Black Vulture that flew directly over the tower at 8:10 EST. The second best bird of the day was a non-countable banded Peregrine Falcon that came in from the west. Perhaps one of Freddy and Voltaire's offspring from the Ambassador bridge peregrine roost. Non-raptor Observations: The passerine migration slowed somewhat today with mostly mixed flocks of "BayPolls" (Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers that are hard to tell apart when flying over your head), although the Conservation Area itself was still full of passerines with at least 14 species of Warbler. Predictions: Another warm and humid day, temperature up to 26C. Light winds are predicted out of the east/south-east so hopefully the Broad-winged Hawk migration that started today will continue. Potential rain in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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/
