Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 10 73 73
Osprey 1 46 46
Bald Eagle 1 76 76
Northern Harrier 10 195 195
Sharp-shinned Hawk 297 2037 2037
Cooper's Hawk 3 59 59
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 8 4713 4713
Red-tailed Hawk 1 94 94
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 26 637 637
Merlin 3 67 67
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 1 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 361 8009 8009
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Carol Pitts, Ed Pitts, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury,
Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
A few locals came up the tower today today to see what was up.
Weather:
We had N winds briefly in the morning, but switched to SW within a couple
hours of the count. Clear skies, bright sun, made for another hot day on
the tower.
Raptor Observations:
Similar day to yesterday raptor wise, mostly Sharp-shinned Hawks, with low
numbers of a variety of other species.
Non-raptor Observations:
Good dabbling duck variety on the marsh again, and 5 Redhead ducks flying
out to the lake first thing were a nice change, as well as the first group
of Mergansers flying off in the distance. The non-raptor highlight of the
day was a Dickcissel flying over in the early morning with a group of
Bobolinks. There were 3388 Blue Jays counted migrating today as well. For
the full eBird checklist, go to
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31668096 27 Black Saddlebags, 6
Twelve-spotted Skimmers, and 2 Green Darners were observed migrating, as
well as 77 Monarchs.
Predictions:
Tomorrow they are calling for N and NW winds! If they are right there might
just be a good movement! Mostly clear skies throughout the day.
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Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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