Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3 1693 48421 Osprey 0 3 56 Bald Eagle 1 49 285 Northern Harrier 9 140 543 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 148 7772 Cooper's Hawk 0 32 318 Northern Goshawk 0 5 12 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 109 412 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 25 1047 2406 Rough-legged Hawk 0 17 23 Golden Eagle 3 50 76 American Kestrel 0 7 1026 Merlin 0 5 74 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 53 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23 Unknown Buteo 0 24 224 Unknown Eagle 0 3 5 Unknown Falcon 0 1 7 Unknown Raptor 0 1 47 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 44 3342 98132 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Bob Hall-Brooks Observers: Chris Craft, John Craft Visitors: Thanks to John and Chris, Al and Michelle for their company. One photographer, a couple out for a walk, and a hunter with his two sons came up the tower briefly. Weather: Light rain to start for the first two hours, cloudy with occasional sunny periods. Winds out to the SE 5-10 km/h.Temperatures ranged from 3.9 to 9 degrees Celsius. Raptor Observations: Adult Bald Eagle, 3 young Golden Eagles, 26 Re4d-Tailed Hawks, two Red-shouldered Hawk, one Sharp-shinned Hawk, 9 Northern Harriers and three Turkey Vultures. Three resident young Bald Eagles were seen frequently in the ice in the Marsh, also a Red-tailed Hawk feeding on a duck that when frightened off by a photographer was replaced by a Northern Harrier on the same carcass. Non-raptor Observations: 334 Tundra Swans,20 Bonapartes Gull, 90 Snow Buntings, 37 American Pipit,12 House Finch were spotted from the Tower today ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Hall-Brooks ([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
