Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 1926 4198 5879
Osprey 2 6 31
Bald Eagle 0 5 80
Northern Harrier 11 64 205
Sharp-shinned Hawk 166 534 1761
Cooper's Hawk 7 16 52
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 3
Broad-winged Hawk 60 179 7305
Red-tailed Hawk 2 14 88
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 62 248 686
Merlin 2 10 32
Peregrine Falcon 1 10 28
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 16
Unknown Buteo 1 3 18
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 2 5
Unknown Raptor 0 0 3
Total: 2240 5293 16192
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Bob Pettit, Dave Martin, Larry Ludwicki
Observers: Andy Parsons, Bob Pettit, Claude Radley, Larry Ludwicki,
Linda Wladarski, Matt Branigan
Visitors:
Thanks for many visitors on a Thanksgiving Sunday.
- Christine Roarke and Raul Mitro visiting friends in Amherstburg.
- The Waterloo Ladies.
- Francine Gilbert and Jim Huffman from Kitchener. (Eat your heart out
Kitchener Birding Club.)
- And the many others that braved the weather and the climb to view the
marsh and distance Vultures. Thanks.
Weather:
Wind North 3-7 mph; Temperature hovered around 16 C; Humidity steady 83%;
Pressure 30.01 mm Hg; 100% cloud cover; No precipitation.
Raptor Observations:
As expected the flight started slowly with Vultures being dominate species
(1,926). Sharpies (166) became numberous with 16-25 during third and fifth
hour of count with 32, 40, 36, 5 in last hours. Kestrels were 2-17
throughout the day with individuals seen every hour for a total of 62
birds. The surprise was the Broad-winged Hawk numbers (60) with 3-18
spotted from hour 2 through hour 7.
A very good day of north winds giving us fair views of birds. TVs were very
high at times and BW enjoyed using the same 'weak' thermals.
Non-raptor Observations:
10,880 Blue Jays. (Currently over 310,000 Blue Jays tallied for the 2018
season!
One Ross's Goose sighted. 15 American Wigeon spotted and could be heard
calling with their high pitch whistle. Swifts (30) and Tree Swallows (60)
still in high numbers. Only one Palm and one Yellow-rumped Warblers
observed.
See eBird for further numbers of non-raptors:
https://ebird.org/canada/view/checklist/S49033814
Predictions:
Monday: Clearing in the morning. Fog patches dissipating in the morning.
High 26 C. Humidex 35. UV index 6 or high.
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Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([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
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