Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 131 16635 19337
Osprey 0 11 77
Bald Eagle 0 23 121
Northern Harrier 3 75 310
Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 1128 4450
Cooper's Hawk 3 95 241
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 23
Broad-winged Hawk 0 92 6053
Red-tailed Hawk 5 174 449
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 5
American Kestrel 3 119 874
Merlin 1 15 67
Peregrine Falcon 1 18 43
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 8
Unknown Buteo 0 3 6
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 5
Black Vulture 0 0 1
Gyrfalcon 0 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 172 18405 32074
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Kory Renaud
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Chris Craft, Jim McCoy, John Craft,
Larry Ludwicki, Sarah Renaud
Visitors:
Despite the less than favourable forecast, a few visitors from the
Amherstburg, LaSalle, Windsor and Leamington areas made their way up to the
tower.
Weather:
Overcast day with light rain in the late afternoon. Winds out of the SSE
ranging from 4 - 11km/h. Temperature ranged from 14.9C - 17.8C.
Raptor Observations:
A relatively slow day with 172 birds of 8 species. Turkey Vultures
accounted for about 76% about of the birds. A Merlin buzzed the tower
early in the morning and a single Peregrine zipped down the beach in the
afternoon.
Non-raptor Observations:
A slow day for passerine migration. A good number of Tree Swallows were
seen out over the marsh and directly over the tower all day. A single
Chimney swift was also seen flying over. Some other highlights:
Blue Jays: 1070
Red-winged Blackbirds: 240
Northern Flicker: 7
American Goldfinch: 63
Pine Siskin: 18
Predictions:
The weather calls for cloudy skies with periods of drizzle throughout much
of the day. Winds will be out of the west ranging from 35km/hr in the
morning decreasing to 25km/hr in the afternoon. Temperature will range
from a low of 9C and only reaching a high of about 12C.
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Report submitted by Kory Renaud ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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