Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 10 10 Osprey 4 19 19 Bald Eagle 0 16 16 Northern Harrier 7 96 96 Sharp-shinned Hawk 119 201 201 Cooper's Hawk 7 12 12 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 6 225 225 Red-tailed Hawk 0 57 57 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 126 126 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 1 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 153 766 766 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Michael Williamson Visitors: There were many visitors to the Hawk Tower today, most of them were very happy to see one of the local Bald Eagles fairly close to the tower. Weather: Today was a very hot day today, and up on the tower in the sun it felt even hotter. Temperatures started around 17C, but the high for the day was 28C. Very little wind today was mostly South component. Raptor Observations: Raptors were moving moderately slow throughout the morning, but Sharp-shinned Hawks were moving fairly well and made up the majority of the birds observed. The highlight of the day was the first Peregrine Falcon of the year, first observed harassing a Northern Harrier in the distance, and flying right over the Hawk Tower shortly after. Raptor migration was pretty well ended by 2:30pm, likely due to the heat. Non-raptor Observations: Despite being fairly slow on the non-raptor front, there were a couple notables seen! First was an almost pure white leucistic Mourning Dove flying by in the early morning. A little later on in the morning there was an apparent Acadian Flycatcher sitting out in the open under the tower for a few minutes. Dragonfly wise, there were 5 Twelve-spotted Skimmers, 21 Black Saddlebags, and 9 Green Darners observed migrating. There were also 3 Monarch Butterflies migrating. The days eBird checklist can be found at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31439850#share-checklist Predictions: Tomorrow is calling for similar South winds like today, and be even hotter with a high of 31C it will be feeling like 40C! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
