Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1689 48417 Osprey 0 2 55 Bald Eagle 1 44 280 Northern Harrier 1 81 484 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 144 7768 Cooper's Hawk 0 30 316 Northern Goshawk 0 3 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 98 401 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 3 964 2323 Rough-legged Hawk 0 14 20 Golden Eagle 2 42 68 American Kestrel 0 6 1025 Merlin 1 5 74 Peregrine Falcon 2 6 52 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23 Unknown Buteo 0 20 220 Unknown Eagle 0 3 5 Unknown Falcon 0 1 7 Unknown Raptor 0 1 47 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 11 3154 97944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Weather: Well, it was cold today. I never thought I'd be happy to see a SW wind, but on a day like today where it was blowing 28km/h with gusts up to 40km/h, it sure was nice to have the wind at your back. Temperatures started at -9C and went up to -6C. There was variable cloud cover through the day and the good visibility of the morning started to deteriorate around 1:30 when full cloud cover came in. Raptor Observations: There was some good variety today with 7 species migrating. An early morning Peregrine started the day off well, struggling a little against the wind but still doing a fair number at zipping around the marsh. In a moment with just the perfect amount of sunlight a juvenile Golden Eagle veered from its course at the north side of the marsh to pass by not far from the tower; how considerate of it! An Osprey was seen again today, though it came from the NW and travelled SE to the beach where it seemed to be hunting and went out of sight. Non-raptor Observations: Last night seemed to have been hard on some of the passerines. Upon arrival in the morning, a couple dozen cardinals, sparrows and starlings were all sitting on the road and not flying far with some ice/snow coating their feathers. They all seemed to fly into the brush just fine as the day wore on. Other than some starlings, robins and Red-winged Blackbirds, passerines were laying low. Gulls were certainly not put off by the wind, with over 100 Bonaparte's Gulls flying through and around 100 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20601022 Predictions: A little bit of snow through the day with winds from the S at 35km/h. Temperature from -6C to 1C. ======================================================================== 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
