Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 157 1170 3872 Osprey 1 4 70 Bald Eagle 1 2 100 Northern Harrier 3 22 257 Sharp-shinned Hawk 63 320 3642 Cooper's Hawk 2 24 170 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 13 Broad-winged Hawk 0 72 6033 Red-tailed Hawk 6 47 322 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 2 American Kestrel 6 14 769 Merlin 1 2 54 Peregrine Falcon 4 6 31 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: 244 1685 15354 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Jeremy Hatt Observers: Claude Radley, Frank Dolby, Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud Visitors: Three pairs of visitors from Windsor and Chatham visited today. Weather: Temperature ranged from 16 - 23C; winds out of the southwest all day ranging from 1 - 20 km/hr. Clear skies all day with little cloud cover. Raptor Observations: Moderate breeze out of the southwest along with little cloud cover meant fewer raptors seen today. Sharp-shinned Hawks and Turkey Vultures continue to fly over in the greatest numbers. 4 Peregrine Falcons were the highlight, with one bird flying mere feet from the tower. A total of 244 birds of 10 species were counted. Non-raptor Observations: Fewer passerines counted today but Blue Jays went through in moderate numbers (7,705) along with American Goldfinch (481). 34 Pine Siskins were counted. Predictions: Current weather report calls for showers all day (40% chance in morning rising to 60% in the afternoon). Temperatures are forecasted at 12 - 14C; winds are predicted to be 20km/h and out of the west all day. This will not be ideal for hawk migration. Perhaps a few Sharp-shinned Hawks will fly over along with one or two Peregrines since they are often still counted in poor weather conditions. ======================================================================== 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/
