Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 508 953 3655 Osprey 1 2 68 Bald Eagle 0 0 98 Northern Harrier 6 15 250 Sharp-shinned Hawk 69 167 3489 Cooper's Hawk 9 22 168 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 13 Broad-winged Hawk 52 71 6032 Red-tailed Hawk 18 41 316 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 2 American Kestrel 3 6 761 Merlin 0 0 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 26 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 8 Unknown Buteo 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 667 1280 14949 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Chris Craft, John Craft, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Only two woman from the Toronto area today, and one neighbour from the seasonal residential area to the east of the conservation area. Weather: Rain this morning delayed the start of the count. Temperature ranged form 14 - 19C; winds out of the north-east all day ranging from 5 - 12 km/hr. We were able to see the sun for only about an hour today. Raptor Observations: A moderately slow day with Turkey Vultures making up the majority of the birds. A total of 667 birds of 9 species were counted. Non-raptor Observations: Very little passerine movement again today. Highlights included: 17 Chimney Swifts; 4,580 Blue Jays and 303 American Goldfinch. Ones only of Kinglet sp., Eastern Phoebe, Blackpoll Warbler and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Predictions: Cloudy with a 70% chance of rain in the morning; temperatures are forecasted at 16 - 18C; winds are predicted to be out of the south-west all day from 15 - 20 km/hr. The Sharp-shins and Cooper's should fly, but probably not much else. ======================================================================== 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/
