Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 177 471 471 Osprey 0 8 8 Bald Eagle 14 44 44 Northern Harrier 20 67 67 Sharp-shinned Hawk 124 560 560 Cooper's Hawk 1 14 14 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 4330 6781 6781 Red-tailed Hawk 14 34 34 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 47 222 222 Merlin 1 10 10 Peregrine Falcon 2 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 7 Unknown Buteo 2 5 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Total: 4732 8234 8234 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Dan Lumm, Dorothy McLeer, Jeremy Bensette, Scott Fauteux Visitors: Many visitors throughout the day attending the Hawk Festival. Weather: It was a cool morning at 12.5 C with light to moderate winds from the north, a change from the past few days. Visibility was good and the skies were clear. The temperature only rose 4 C throughout the day and the skies gradually became 100% cloud covered.The winds shifted to east. Raptor Observations: Very good day in terms of Broad Wings coming through and saw several kettles throughout the day. Many Turkey Vultures also beginning to come through. Northern Harriers, Sharp Shinned Hawks and American Kestrels also came through in decent numbers as well some migrating Bald Eagles. No Ospreys were seen again today. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays came through in huge numbers today with almost constant streams of them for much of the day. American Gold Finches and Ceder Waxwings also were coming through in good numbers. Blue Jays - 27 566 Monarchs - 56 https://ebird.org/canada/view/checklist/S48680052 Predictions: For tomorrow, winds are expected from the northeast and switching to an easterly direction by mid-day. It should be sunny and warming to 20 C by the afternoon. Hopefully it should be another good day as the Hawk Festival continues for its final day! ======================================================================== Report submitted by ([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
