Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5 1466 41727 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 1 71 395 Northern Harrier 2 50 434 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 97 6578 Cooper's Hawk 0 52 628 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 112 727 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 14 1181 3805 Rough-legged Hawk 0 24 41 Golden Eagle 1 67 90 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: 23 3153 104440 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jason Sodergren Visitors: It was nice to see HBMO's "major domo' Jason Sodergren back for a visit from Homer, Alaska; and a family of 4 from Amherstburg came out to spend some time on the tower. Weather: Although warmer today the stronger winds out of the S made it feel colder than yesterday. The temperature ranged from 1.6C - 4C. The winds were out of the S all day in the 11 - 18 km/hr range. There was a steadily declining barometric pressure each hour of the count. Raptor Observations: 23 raptors of 5 species including 5 late Turkey Vultures. There was a small kettle around 11:15 that included 2 TV's, 3 Red-tails, and an immature Golden Eagle. Not too bad for the last official day of the 2013 hawk count. Non-raptor Observations: Passerines moved again early in the day with 308 birds of 9 species. Six more Snow Buntings flew over this morning, as did a clean flock of 16 Rusty Blackbirds. Others included: 4 Tundra Swan; 18 American Crow; 162 European Starling; 6 Cedar Waxwing; 77 Red-winged Blackbird; 4 Pine Siskin; and 15 American Goldfinch. ======================================================================== 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
