Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 10 7914 56034 Osprey 0 1 77 Bald Eagle 1 81 237 Northern Harrier 0 63 487 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 492 5347 Cooper's Hawk 0 78 261 Northern Goshawk 0 4 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 675 808 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5366 Red-tailed Hawk 4 2365 3344 Rough-legged Hawk 1 21 38 Golden Eagle 1 74 86 American Kestrel 0 4 1371 Merlin 0 6 76 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 57 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 7 Unknown Buteo 0 3 20 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 11 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 17 11792 73635 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Larry Ludwicki Observers: Visitors: 2 visitors; Susan with her dog in the morning and Keith around 1p. Weather: Cold, overcast, brisk winds from the WNW with periodic snow pellet squalls Raptor Observations: Only the local eagles in the morning, though the squabbles of 2 youngsters over food was entertaining. All the migrating raptor observations took place from 12:30 to 1:30 (small break in the weather). Non-raptor Observations: Several fairly large high flying flights of tundra swans (174)which seemed to disappear into the overcast. Predictions: Better ======================================================================== Report submitted by Larry Ludwicki ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 _______________________________________________ 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
