Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 58 48124 49579 Osprey 0 15 82 Bald Eagle 1 65 169 Northern Harrier 0 335 657 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3209 8053 Cooper's Hawk 0 129 183 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 223 226 Broad-winged Hawk 0 152 16636 Red-tailed Hawk 4 636 739 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 18 18 American Kestrel 0 422 1516 Merlin 0 21 58 Peregrine Falcon 2 26 44 Unknown Accipiter 1 9 16 Unknown Buteo 0 54 80 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 11 23 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 67 53451 78084 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Jeanice Seals, Jim McCoy, John Craft, Theresa Lindsey Visitors: The ladies from Tennessee arrived for their annual visit, and Marcel braved the winds in the afternoon. Weather: I'm happy to report that the tower is still standing. The wind was doing its best to throw the occupants of the tower off as well, but everyone made it with limbs intact. The speed hovered around 20kph with gusts up to 40kph, from the SW. Sun in the morning was welcomed to combat the chill wind, but eventually the sky clouded over completely. Raptor Observations: Strong winds from a typically unhelpful direction made for a scant amount of birds. Just under 60 Turkey Vultures blustered by the north shore of the marsh, low over the trees. Two Peregrine Falcons were fun to see, trying for a few ducks as they passed by. One adult Bald Eagle migrated with a few Turkey Vultures and four Red-tails struggled to cross as well. One Sharp-shinned Hawk rounded out the count for the day. Non-raptor Observations: The skies were pretty empty, only producing 2 Mourning Doves, 12 American Crows, 53 Tree Swallows, 30 starlings and 3 Red-winged Blackbirds. Bonaparte's Gulls were managing quite well in the wind. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S25618788 Predictions: Winds should calm a bit and switch to the NW for the morning, becoming more ideal for seeing migration here. ======================================================================== 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
