Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1206 17841 20543 Osprey 0 11 77 Bald Eagle 0 23 121 Northern Harrier 1 76 311 Sharp-shinned Hawk 116 1244 4566 Cooper's Hawk 11 106 252 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 23 Broad-winged Hawk 0 92 6053 Red-tailed Hawk 2 176 451 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 5 American Kestrel 8 127 882 Merlin 1 16 68 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 1345 19750 33419 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Visitors: Apprentice passerine bander Tiffany Rajki came out and observed for 2 hours today. Weather: Full cloud cover all day; winds out of the west all day generally in the 12 - 19 km/hr range; temperature was fairly consistent all day with a range from 11.3C - 13.2. Raptor Observations: A better day than expected with 1,485 birds. Low diversity at only 7 species. There was a steady stream of TV's all day and they represented 82% of the total birds for the day. Non-raptor Observations: A reasonable migration day for passerines, but also low diversity. There was a very good movement of Chimney Swifts today at 53 birds, with 39 of them between the hour of 11 a.m. and Noon EST. Other highlights include: Blue Jay - 1690 American Crow - 1020 Tree Swallow - 71 - many more were feeding over the marsh and flying way out to the north Yellow-rumped Warbler - 56 Red-winged Blackbird - 712 American Goldfinch - 91 Predictions: A partly cloudy day with winds out of the West at 5 km/hr in the morning and switching to the South at 10 km/hr in the afternoon. Temperatures are projected at 5C - 14C. ======================================================================== 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/
