Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 20220 22922 Osprey 0 14 80 Bald Eagle 1 25 123 Northern Harrier 2 85 320 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1352 4674 Cooper's Hawk 8 140 286 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 18 30 Broad-winged Hawk 0 94 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 4 219 494 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 6 American Kestrel 0 133 888 Merlin 1 19 71 Peregrine Falcon 0 19 44 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: 20 22348 36017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Ed Pitts Visitors: Ed and Carol Pitts returning to visit us again from Zainesville, Ohio. Weather: An overcast, drizzly day. Temperature was steady with a range of only 12C - 14C; the wind was generally out of the south from 5 - 15 km/hr, not as strong as predicted. Steady barometric pressure. Raptor Observations: Not much! Only 19 birds of 6 species. The highlight was a female Merlin that almost flew into my face and that of Ed Pitts standing beside me on the tower before it did a sudden U-turn and kept on going west. Non-raptor Observations: A fairly light day for passerine migration as well. No major flights of any particular species except Eurasian Starlings (which I did not count). The high (or low) lights for the day included: Chimney Swifts - 2 Northern Flicker - 6 American Robin - 148 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 16 Red-winged Blackbird - 1,650 American Goldfinch - 63 Predictions: A replica of today, except with the winds out of the West at 20 - 25 km/hr. ======================================================================== 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/
