Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 19 526 526 Osprey 1 48 48 Bald Eagle 9 165 165 Northern Harrier 7 157 157 Sharp-shinned Hawk 144 3290 3290 Cooper's Hawk 5 183 183 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 11 Broad-winged Hawk 136 48048 48048 Red-tailed Hawk 14 245 245 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 67 694 694 Merlin 4 56 56 Peregrine Falcon 5 13 13 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 Swainson's Hawk 1 7 7 Total: 412 53445 53445 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Karen Padbury, Olga Klekner, Paul Pratt, Roland Klekner Visitors: Dozens attended the Hawk Festival on Saturday, including several first time visitors from Ontario and Michigan. Weather: Cloudy to partly cloudy skies with temperatures ranging from 16.5-20.4 C. 10 km/h W winds moved to NW at 15 km/h. Barometric pressure rose slowly from 29.61 to 29.67. We had a few drops of rain during the noon hour. Raptor Observations: Variety was the order of the day with 12 species of raptors highlighted by 5 Peregrine Falcons and our 7th Swainson's Hawk of the season! Non-raptor Observations: American Goldfinch led the the way with 72 individuals, followed by 70 European Starlings, 54 Tree Swallows, 47 Red-winged Blackbirds, and 37 Chimnney Swifts. Additional species included Mute Swan-35, Wood Duck-6, Blue-winged Teal, Great Egret, American Coot-60, Ring-billed Gull-23, Caspian Tern-3, Morning Dove-2, Ruby-throated Hummingbird-2, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker-3, Barn Swallow-2, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-2. 5 Monarchs. Predictions: Looks good! Partly cloudy skies with temperatures from 11-15 C. N-NE winds around 15km/hr should encourage migrants. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dan Lumm ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ 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
