Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 528 1411 1411 Osprey 1 30 30 Bald Eagle 6 119 119 Northern Harrier 14 176 176 Sharp-shinned Hawk 147 3826 3826 Cooper's Hawk 6 110 110 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 39 39 Broad-winged Hawk 359 36190 36190 Red-tailed Hawk 12 219 219 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 19 599 599 Merlin 1 46 46 Peregrine Falcon 1 14 14 Unknown Accipiter 1 15 15 Unknown Buteo 0 24 24 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 15 15 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 1095 42840 42840 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Todd Pepper Visitors: We had 10 visitors today, most from local areas like Kingsville and Windsor. Thanks to Patrick from Michigan for spending most of the day up on the tower! Weather: Temperatures up to 24C, a slight breeze mostly from the SE and some clouds in the sky made for a gorgeous day. There was some haze and low cloud at the North side of the marsh but the clouds overhead made for good raptor sighting. Raptor Observations: The first few hours of the count were slow until we started getting kettles of Broad-winged Hawks and Turkey Vultures. By the end of the day we'd had 528 Turkey Vultures, 147 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 359 Broad-wings and a total of 11 species. Non-raptor Observations: 13 Killdeer and 10 Northern Flickers were seen this morning during the flurry of non-raptor migrants. Blue Jays were again abundant, with at least 9150. Quite a few dragonflies around that the Kestrels were enjoying as a little fast food. 19 Monarchs. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19942820 Predictions: 10km/h winds from the N and NE with morning fog and a sunny afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott ([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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
