Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 60 1013 3715 Osprey 1 3 69 Bald Eagle 1 1 99 Northern Harrier 4 19 254 Sharp-shinned Hawk 90 257 3579 Cooper's Hawk 0 22 168 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 13 Broad-winged Hawk 1 72 6033 Red-tailed Hawk 0 41 316 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 2 American Kestrel 2 8 763 Merlin 1 1 53 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 27 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: 161 1441 15110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jeremy Hatt Observers: Frank Dolby, Jim McCoy Visitors: Two local visitors from Kingsville joined the count today: Ron Bootes and Marg Bootes. People continue to show up to witness the count for the first time having learned about Holiday Beach as a raptor hot spot from CTV News Windsor. Weather: A hazy morning with low visibility resulted in a slow start to the count. Temperature ranged from 16 - 21C; winds out of the south or southwest all day ranging from 1 - 4km km/hr. Cloudy for most of the day until the early afternoon. Raptor Observations: Southwest winds and hazy conditions with low visibility resulted in a slow day. Sharp-shinned Hawks flew over in the greatest numbers followed by Turkey Vultures. Only 1 buteo species today, a single Broad-winged Hawk. A total of 161 birds of 9 species were counted. Non-raptor Observations: A good movement of warblers were migrating through in the early morning including Northern Parula, Black-throated Green Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Palm Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, and Blackpoll Warbler. Other highlights include 6,322 Blue Jays and 458 American Goldfinch. Purple Finches and Pine Siskins continue to pass over in low numbers. Predictions: Variable cloudiness; temperatures are forecasted at 14 - 23C; winds are predicted to be out of the south-west all day from 15 - 20 km/hr. Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned Hawks should be seen in moderate numbers. Southwest winds will likely mean fewer birds but perhaps a few Peregrine Falcons will make an appearance. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeremy Hatt ([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/
