Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2716 31854 Osprey 0 0 82 Bald Eagle 0 17 156 Northern Harrier 0 30 451 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 124 5535 Cooper's Hawk 6 91 610 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 222 499 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 6 1996 3406 Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 15 Golden Eagle 0 29 38 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: 14 5258 49823 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Sarah Rupert Observers: Dwayne Murphy, Larry Ludwicki, Paul Pratt, none Visitors: Gerry Lattman from the Dot Film Company spend some time on the tower today, interviewing Sarah Rupert and Paul Pratt for "The Birder" movie promotion, which was shot in Essex County, with most of the outdoor scenes at Ojibway Park. Annarita from London and Larry Ludwicki spent the last hour on on the tower enjoying the day. Weather: It was a sunny, relative warm day. Winds started in the north, but swung to the south by the afternoon. Beautiful for sitting on the tower and enjoying a November day, no so great for migration. Raptor Observations: It was a very slow day for raptor migration, only three species were noted passing through. There have been no reports of the Gyrfalcon in the last two days. Non-raptor Observations: It was however a tremendous day for winter finch movement. There was a steady stream of finches throughout the day, and the watchers on the tower were treated to brief landings of White-winged Crossbills and Common Redpolls in the trees beside the structure. There continues to be a good diversity of ducks in the marsh and a lone Common Loon was spotted flying over the tower. Predictions: More of the same weather wise - if the winds stay out of the northeast as predicted, there should be some movement. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sarah Rupert ([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/
