Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 20 20 Osprey 3 10 10 Bald Eagle 18 32 32 Northern Harrier 7 21 21 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 24 24 Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 10 10 10 Red-tailed Hawk 3 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 2 2 Merlin 0 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: 59 129 129 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Nancy Tar, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: 2 former HBMO hawk counters from Michigan stopped in for an hour; Peter Bondy, a local birder came up for an hour; and Tiffanie Rajki came over for an hour after apprenticing at the passerine banding station in the morning. Weather: Cool and cloudy for most of the day with moderate to strong winds out of the north-west. The temperature ranged from 16C to a high of 21C. Raptor Observations: 59 Raptors of 10 species, including the first Broad-winged Hawks and Red-shouldered Hawk for the season. Also another nice movement of Bald Eagles with 18 birds. Non-raptor Observations: No change in the population of resident species. Migrants included: 3 Lesser Yellowlegs; 2 Wilson's Snipe; 13 Chimney Swift; 12 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; 12 Purple Martin; 24 Tree Swallow; 137 Northern Roughwinged Swallow; 14 Barn Swallow (several hundred other swallows were at the north end of the marsh and not identified to species); 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 96 Cedar Waxwing; 1 male Rose-breasted Grosbeak; 7 House Finch; and 11 American Goldfinch Predictions: Another cool morning at 14C, but a sunny day that will warm up to 27C. Winds are predicted to be out of the north-west again. Could be another good Bald Eagle day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Conservation Area 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
