Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 105 1086 50939 Osprey 0 1 83 Bald Eagle 1 6 177 Northern Harrier 5 69 735 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 132 8226 Cooper's Hawk 0 10 193 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 26 115 347 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16636 Red-tailed Hawk 141 696 1489 Rough-legged Hawk 0 7 7 Golden Eagle 2 17 37 American Kestrel 0 4 1520 Merlin 1 2 60 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 17 Unknown Buteo 13 21 103 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 23 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 300 2169 80643 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Jim McCoy Weather: The morning was only 3C, but it shortly warmed up nicely to around 12C. Other than that, the weather was much the same as how it's been lately; cloudless blue sky and mostly calm but a slight breeze from the SE after a brief north wind in the morning. Raptor Observations: Also true to the recent counts, all the raptors (save for one Merlin that booted past, and a couple of Red-tails) flew extremely far away to the north, giving us continued use of our scopes. The cloudless sky made for added difficulty in spotting, but we still managed to rack up almost 150 Red-tails, a couple dozen Red-shoulders, and 2 Golden Eagles. Northern Harriers were the lowest-flying birds, the immatures giving great looks of their "pumpkin" bellies. Turkey Vultures, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and a Bald Eagle also made their way west across the skies. That same Osprey was in the marsh again! Non-raptor Observations: A lot of the big flocks of blackbirds and higher numbers of our typical species were missing today, but American Crows filled the void, with another day of over 5000 flooding through. A few smaller formations of Tundra Swans, totalling 64, flew in from the west and landed in the north portion of the marsh! On any typical day, you could be occupied for hours looking at all the waterfowl in the marsh and sporadically in Lake Erie. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S25772332 Predictions: A high chance of bits of rain until the early afternoon might dampen the flight a little, but a day full of north component winds should bring any birds that are out and about a little bit closer to the tower. ======================================================================== 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
