Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1461 41722 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 0 70 394 Northern Harrier 1 44 428 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 97 6578 Cooper's Hawk 0 52 628 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 112 727 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 13 1165 3789 Rough-legged Hawk 0 23 40 Golden Eagle 1 66 89 American Kestrel 0 5 1143 Merlin 0 11 96 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 43 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 9 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: 17 3123 104410 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Janina Radley, Jim McCoy Visitors: Jim McCoy drop by for a short visit. Weather: Blustery NW winds. Variable cloud and below freezing temperatures. Raptor Observations: Not much moving today. The highlight was a Golden Eagle at eye level to the north. Non-raptor Observations: Few ducks were evident with the marsh now frozen over. A sedge of 27 Sandhill Cranes circled the marsh before heading west. 2 more Sandhills past later in the day. 38 Americam Crows struggled west. Small groups of American Goldfinch totalling 43 birds were the only other non-raptors noted migrating. Predictions: Less wind than today backing from West to Southwest. Cool, with temperatures in the minus single digits. Mainly cloudy with the chance of a few snowflakes. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([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
