Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1159 51012 Osprey 0 1 83 Bald Eagle 0 16 187 Northern Harrier 2 128 794 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 150 8244 Cooper's Hawk 0 14 197 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 152 384 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16636 Red-tailed Hawk 1 962 1755 Rough-legged Hawk 1 13 13 Golden Eagle 0 24 44 American Kestrel 0 5 1521 Merlin 0 4 62 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 48 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 18 Unknown Buteo 0 23 105 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 3 Unknown Raptor 0 1 24 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 4 2659 81133 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Weather: Winds ranged from 6 to 14kph and came from the SE, so were blocked a little bit by the trees on the lake shore. The oppressive, full cloud cover turned ominous in the afternoon and it began to rain at 1:30. Raptor Observations: An amazing first bird of the day at 10:30 was a light-colouration Rough-legged Hawk! It went by to the north, trying to soar for a while, but really just being buffeted around. The next and final 3 raptors came in close succession to each other just after 11am; 2 female Northern Harriers that sped by the tower, and an immature Red-tail that spiraled its way across the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: 4 Great Black-backed Gulls made an appearance mid-morning, dwarfing a nearby Ring-billed Gull. 115 Cedar Waxwings, 16 American Crows, 1 American Robin, 14 Rusty Blackbirds, and 25 American Goldfinches were the only non-raptors that deemed the weather appropriate for migrating today. It was really quite quiet all day, with a Winter Wren calling sporadically, and few chickadees, two Golden-crowned Kinglets, an American Tree Sparrow, and a White-crowned Sparrow hanging around the tower. 10 species of ducks were in the marsh, along with Pied-billed Grebe and American Coot. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S25897851 Predictions: The rain will clear up before the morning and the day will bring SW winds all day. ======================================================================== 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
