Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5 111 111 Osprey 2 47 47 Bald Eagle 1 44 44 Northern Harrier 5 105 105 Sharp-shinned Hawk 62 840 840 Cooper's Hawk 4 41 41 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1311 1311 Red-tailed Hawk 6 73 73 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 11 381 381 Merlin 1 21 21 Peregrine Falcon 1 14 14 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 99 2995 2995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Visitors: 18 from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ontario, Scotland. Weather: W-SW winds, mainly sunny and cool. Raptor Observations: About what could be expectd given the winds. Non-raptor Observations: Canada Goose 97, Mute Swan 64, Wood Duck 23, Gadwall 30, American Black Duck 11, Mallard 950, Double-crested Cormorant 11, Great Blue Heron 9, Great Egret 31, Green Heron 2, Sora ~20, Killdeer 4, Ring-billed Gull 60, Herring Gull 4, Mourning Dove 4, Ghimney Swift 2, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2, Northern Flicker 8, Eastern Kindbird 2, Blue Jay 1710, Tree Swallow ~2500, N. Rough-winged Swallow 6, Bank Swallow 14, Barn Swallow 28, Carolina Wren 1, Gray Catbird 4, European Starling ~4000, Northern Cardinal 2, Red-winged Blackbird 140, Common Grackle 160, American Goldfinch 58, black Saddlebags 26, Monarch Butterfly 4. ======================================================================== 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/
