Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 270 270 Osprey 0 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 11 11 Northern Harrier 3 10 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 4 4 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 12 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 7 7 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 9 319 319 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Smith Observers: Visitors: The first birders on the hawk tower coincided with the fewest birds all holiday weekend. Weather: Very warm and humid. Thunderstorms bloomed quickly after noon. Raptor Observations: Very little movement, but the occasional harrier and kestrel flew west with purpose. Non-raptor Observations: It is Bink time! Bobolinks, Cedar Waxwings and even American Goldfinches flew west in small flocks in the early morning. Leps-Least Skippers, Bronze Coppers, Wild Indigo/Columbine Duskywing, Viceroy, Red Admiral and maybe 100 Monarchs. Predictions: Similar to today, but maybe a southwest breeze will hopefully bring a few pre-frontal hawks. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean D. Smith (seansmit...@hotmail.com) 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
