Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 71 71 Osprey 0 26 26 Bald Eagle 0 26 26 Northern Harrier 0 49 49 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 472 472 Cooper's Hawk 0 24 24 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1039 1039 Red-tailed Hawk 0 45 45 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 223 223 Merlin 0 15 15 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 2 2001 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Three visitors from LaSalle. Good thing they did not drive very far. Weather: Sunny, warm with temperatures between 21 and 26C, light winds out of the south. Raptor Observations: Nothing flying. Only 2 Sharp-shins in 5.5 hours. Non-raptor Observations: Hardly any passerine movement either. The following are not the highlights, but the total movement of passerines during the morning. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Mourning Dove - 2 Chimney Swift - 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 4 flocks of American Goldfinch - 78 1st flock of the year of Red-winged Blackbirds - 46 Monarch Butterfly - 1 Predictions: A cold front is predicted for this evening and rain is forecasted overnight and perhaps early Friday morning. Temperatures will moderate, and, more importantly, winds will shift to the north west. ======================================================================== 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/
