Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2656 31794 Osprey 0 0 82 Bald Eagle 0 13 152 Northern Harrier 1 22 443 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 107 5518 Cooper's Hawk 1 64 583 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 195 472 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1847 3257 Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 15 Golden Eagle 0 21 30 American Kestrel 0 4 937 Merlin 0 3 87 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 51 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 9 Unknown Buteo 0 16 22 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 2 4956 49521 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Bri-Anna Jaksic Observers: Visitors: No visitors on the Hawk Tower today. Weather: Today's forecast, unfortunately was not conducive to counting hawks. With winds from the SW and heavy fog for the majority of the morning. Temperatures ranged from 2-8 degrees Celsius. Raptor Observations: Today was very slow with only Coopers hawk, and a Northern Harrier observed. Non-raptor Observations: very minimal other bird activity. Predictions: Tomorrow forecast calls for, showers in the morning with isolated thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon. High 58F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bri-Anna Jaksic ([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/
