Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 16 16 16 Osprey 7 7 7 Bald Eagle 14 14 14 Northern Harrier 13 14 14 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 14 14 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 1 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 66 70 70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Sylvia Telasco, Wayne Telasco Visitors: A steady round of visitors on this nice day with birders from Kingsville, LaSalle, and London. Thanks to Dan Greenham for putting in 6 hours on the tower with me today Weather: Light rain in a.m. then clear and sunny; wind out of N, NW, or WNW from calm to 19km/hr; steady barometric pressure Raptor Observations: Sixty-six birds of 7 species. The highlight of the day is when all 5 resident Bald Eagles and 8 migrant Bald Eagles were all in the air over the tower at the same time. Non-raptor Observations: The resident birds included: 99 Mute Swan; 6 Pied-billed Grebe; 50 Double-crested Cormorant; 4 Great Blue Heron; 5 each of Great Egret and Black-crowned Night Heron and the same Common Gallinule as reported Yesterday. Migrants included: 4 each of both species of Yellowlegs; 2 Caspian Tern; 11 Morning Dove; 11 Chimney Swift; 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; 1 Northern Flicker; 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; 37 Purple Martin; 30 Tree Swallow; 10 Northern Roughwing Swallow; 12 Barn Swallow; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 58 Cedar Waxwing; 5 Black-and-white Warbler; 1 Baltimore Oriole; 34 House Finch; and 16 American Goldfinch. Predictions: Sunny, warm with temperatures up to 23C, winds out of north. ======================================================================== 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
