Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1693 48421 Osprey 0 3 56 Bald Eagle 0 49 285 Northern Harrier 3 148 551 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 148 7772 Cooper's Hawk 2 34 320 Northern Goshawk 0 5 12 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 109 412 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 8 1058 2417 Rough-legged Hawk 0 17 23 Golden Eagle 0 50 76 American Kestrel 0 7 1026 Merlin 0 5 74 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 54 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: 13 3364 98154 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Todd Pepper Weather: A grey and overcast day today, with 10-20km/h winds from the SW and temperatures around freezing. Raptor Observations: 13 birds of 3 species flew through today. Most were Red-tailed Hawks (8), followed by Northern Harriers (3) and Cooper's Hawks (2). A few other Red-tailed Hawks were seen hunting but didn't migrate. Non-raptor Observations: It was pretty quiet out there. Much of the marsh is open water again so there was a return of ducks, mostly Mallards, with the odd American Black Duck, Northern Shoveler and Northern Pintail in there. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20670358 Predictions: Still a cool day but North winds! Wind strength should also be much lower, so we may see a few more raptors flying through the marsh. ======================================================================== 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
