Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 1 292 292
Osprey 1 4 4
Bald Eagle 10 30 30
Northern Harrier 8 35 35
Sharp-shinned Hawk 82 386 386
Cooper's Hawk 6 13 13
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 905 2451 2451
Red-tailed Hawk 10 20 20
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 23 151 151
Merlin 1 4 4
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Accipiter 6 7 7
Unknown Buteo 3 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 3 3 3
Total: 1059 3404 3404
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Patrick Tomlinson
Observers: Bob Pettit, Chip Ogglesby, Dave Martin, Linda Wladarski,
Steve Wagner
Visitors:
Rod Banks and Pearl Davies enjoyed their brief stay.
Mike St Pierre visited.
Chip Ogglesby spotted far birds.
Local birder, Bob, visited for several hours and returned home to do
chores.
Come back folks when you can and stay longer.
Weather:
Raptor Observations:
Dark morph Broad-wing spotted at 12:15.
At about 1:45, Dave and Linda were north of tower at the campground
entrance. They spotted 1,000+ Broad-wings just east of the road with ALL
moving NORTH. Not visible from the tower. It appears that the Broad-wings
were turning northward when approaching the Big Creek marsh. They were very
high when moving north. We suspect we missed 1,000's of Broad-wings.
Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jays-8,610
Predictions:
Hoping for Broad-wings but it looks like rain.
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Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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