Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2014
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 495 43758 45963
Osprey 0 19 53
Bald Eagle 2 94 231
Northern Harrier 4 172 400
Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 3064 7598
Cooper's Hawk 2 134 285
Northern Goshawk 0 7 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 268 307
Broad-winged Hawk 0 42 36348
Red-tailed Hawk 14 1046 1301
Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6
Golden Eagle 2 19 24
American Kestrel 0 313 1019
Merlin 0 22 69
Peregrine Falcon 0 26 44
Unknown Accipiter 0 7 22
Unknown Buteo 3 125 152
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 5 6
Unknown Raptor 0 19 42
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 559 49147 93879
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Jenna McDermott
Observers: Bob Pettit, Jeanece Seals, Jim McCoy, Larry Ludwicki,
Paul Pratt, Phyllis Coble
Visitors:
We had 3 visitors today and a few members that stayed most of the day.
Thanks to Paul Pratt for his help distinguishing all the passerine flight
calls!
Weather:
The cool 15km/h SW and W winds kept our hoods up all day though the
temperature on its own was not bad, going up to 12C. Dark clouds rolled in
at 11 (EST) and the temperature dropped 2 degrees.
Raptor Observations:
It was a return of the Turkey Vultures today after the last couple of slow
days! We had 495 migrate, bringing a few Red-tailed Hawks and
Red-shouldered Hawks with them. The raptor excitement for the day was
caused by the appearance of an adult Golden Eagle, followed directly by an
immature Golden Eagle, followed directly by an adult Bald Eagle! They came
fairly close to the tower, turned back to the East for ten minutes and
arrived again much higher in the sky, they must have found a good thermal!
Non-raptor Observations:
There were no huge flocks of crows or starlings or blackbirds but there was
a nice variety of passerines going through, including Horned Larks,
American Pipits, Cedar Waxwings, Pine Siskins, and American Goldfinches. An
American White Pelican provided good viewing opportunities a few times,
circling overhead and sitting on the beach, though it finally found a great
thermal and after spending ten minutes gaining altitude, flew off to the
West. See today's eBird list
http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20374835
Predictions:
Winds from the west at 10km/h with partial cloud for good viewing.
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Report submitted by Jenna McDermott ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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