Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 37 8012 56132 Osprey 0 1 77 Bald Eagle 2 105 261 Northern Harrier 9 91 515 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 513 5368 Cooper's Hawk 13 112 295 Northern Goshawk 0 5 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 23 729 862 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5366 Red-tailed Hawk 141 2664 3643 Rough-legged Hawk 2 27 44 Golden Eagle 2 83 95 American Kestrel 0 4 1371 Merlin 0 7 77 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 62 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: 239 12372 74215 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Dave Martin, Jim McCoy, Linda Wladarski, Michael Williamson Visitors: Dave and Linda, Dave and Donica, Mike, and Jim. Weather: Wind was very light throughout the day, starting from the north and switching to the southeast. Raptor Observations: We had a pretty stellar day on the tower today - especially considering it's the fourth last count day of the season! 239 Raptors all-together, the bulk being Red-tails (141). 37 Turkey Vultures seemed like a fairly highcount this late in the season, as well as 23 Red-shoulders. There was also a decent push of Accipiters with 10 Sharpies and 13 Cooper's. The highlights of the day were 2 young Golden Eagles that went past just 4 minutes apart; which were followed by 2 young Bald Eagles about 20min later. There were also 2 light morph Roughies seen. Non-raptor Observations: Another 650 American Crows migrated past the tower today. Also 21 more Pine Siskins and 460 American Goldfinches were counted. Full eBird checklist can be found here: https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40781642?share=true Predictions: Strong southwest winds and blue skies. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([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
