Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 8 81 81
Osprey 2 48 48
Bald Eagle 4 80 80
Northern Harrier 23 218 218
Sharp-shinned Hawk 428 2465 2465
Cooper's Hawk 0 59 59
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 223 4936 4936
Red-tailed Hawk 3 97 97
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 96 733 733
Merlin 5 72 72
Peregrine Falcon 1 6 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 1 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 794 8803 8803
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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: Ed Pitts, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Larry Ludwicki,
Michael Williamson, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
Rob and Anne, originally from around the area, came by for there first
visit in many years!
Weather:
Well, the N winds they were calling for came and left soon after, and the
majority of the winds throughout the rest of the day were out of the SW.
And yet another hot day up in the sun on the tower.
Raptor Observations:
It was a fairly steady day migration wise, with fair numbers of Northern
Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, and American Kestrel, with a few Merlin and a
Peregrine Falcon as nice additions. A few reasonably small kettles of
Broad-winged Hawks moved past on the N edge of our view, and we likely
missed a number migrating past just N of our view.
Non-raptor Observations:
8306 Blue Jays today. Numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers have just started
increasing with at least 6 today, and with that we must start saying
goodbye to the other warblers. For the full eBird checklist, go to
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31682202 98 Black Saddlebags, 6
Green Darners, 2 Twelve-spotted Skimmers, and 136 Monarchs were observed
migrating.
Predictions:
Tomorrows winds are predicted to be out of the E and S, but maybe we will
get lucky and the birds will fly regardless. More relatively clear skies!
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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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