Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 214 920 920 Osprey 0 48 48 Bald Eagle 13 194 194 Northern Harrier 5 174 174 Sharp-shinned Hawk 47 3517 3517 Cooper's Hawk 6 192 192 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 12 12 Broad-winged Hawk 88 48263 48263 Red-tailed Hawk 15 274 274 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 14 758 758 Merlin 0 56 56 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 15 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 0 7 7 Total: 403 54433 54433 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: 6 visitors from Tecumseh, 2 from Windsor as well as Kevin and Joann from Windsor who stayed for a couple hours and helped spot those high flying raptors, and a photographer from Colchester who was out of luck attempting to photograph raptors today. Weather: A day where the forecast came true! It was mostly sunny; the temperature ranged from 8 - 19C; and the winds out of the NNE at 7-11 km/hr. Raptor Observations: 403 birds of 9 species. The number of TV's is increasing daily and today were at 214 birds. The 13 Bald Eagles counted today brings the year total to 194, the 2nd highest annual count for this species in our 40 years of counting. The highest count was 201 eagles in 2011. Almost all the birds were high up in the clouds today. Non-raptor Observations: A fairly slow non-raptor day. Still waiting for the Blue Jays to fly, but only 19 of them teased us today. Chimney Swifts are still leaving the Province with another 13 counted today. The number of Cedar Waxwing and American Goldfinch remain high at 66 and 76 birds respectively today. Best non-raptor of the day was 4 Brewer's Blackbird. 2 Monarchs today, 1 was with the Bald Eagles probably 15,000 feet up. Predictions: The weather is predicted to be the same as today, however, with the winds coming out of the East instead of the North-East. Broad-wings and TV's were observed setting down on my drive from Holiday Beach to Leamington at the end of the count so it could be a good day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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
