Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 198 342 2547 Osprey 1 2 36 Bald Eagle 2 3 140 Northern Harrier 2 8 236 Sharp-shinned Hawk 83 209 4743 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 155 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 39 Broad-winged Hawk 1 5 36311 Red-tailed Hawk 2 22 277 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 5 American Kestrel 7 16 722 Merlin 0 1 48 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 21 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 15 Unknown Buteo 0 2 29 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 23 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 297 617 45349 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Claude Radley, Todd Pepper Visitors: We had 5 long-distance visitors today from Vancouver and Ottawa. Weather: Winds came from the S and E throughout the day with almost complete cloud cover after the first 2 hours. It was pleasant weather, with the temperature going up to 22C. Raptor Observations: Around 10-20 raptors were coming through each hour until we had a few small kettles of Turkey Vultures during midday which bumped the numbers up a fair amount. We ended up with 8 species migrating. The excitement came near the end of the count when a flock of Blue Jays dropped to the tree cover and a Peregrine Falcon zoomed out of nowhere, tried noisily for a Jay in a tree and flew off again in a great hurry. No lunch for it there today, but the Blue Jays sure took their time lifting off again. Non-raptor Observations: Monarchs had a great day today, 186 going by! American Goldfinches were also in abundant numbers with 252, and we had a nice 15110 Blue Jays. 5 Killdeer spent around an hour flying in circles around the marsh, making their presence know, before they finally headed out. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20010822 Predictions: Winds at 40-45km/h from the S and W with potential thunderstorms or rain in the morning. ======================================================================== 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
