Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 45 1453 41714 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 6 63 387 Northern Harrier 2 34 418 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 85 6566 Cooper's Hawk 2 40 616 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 105 720 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 48 1060 3684 Rough-legged Hawk 2 20 37 Golden Eagle 2 62 85 American Kestrel 0 5 1143 Merlin 1 11 96 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 42 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7 Total: 112 2953 104240 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Cindy Cartwright Observers: Dennis Patrick, Gwen Patrick, Jim McCoy Visitors: Greg Quinn from Windsor Weather: winds with a northern component, variable cloud, then sunny Raptor Observations: 112 raptors of 10 species, flight moved higher throughout the day Non-raptor Observations: Passerines took advantage of the good weather to move today. See totals on eBird http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15712638 Predictions: Back to SE winds, doesn't look too promising ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Cartwright ([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

