Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3366 15865 17546 Osprey 2 10 35 Bald Eagle 7 29 104 Northern Harrier 23 131 272 Sharp-shinned Hawk 152 1867 3094 Cooper's Hawk 11 64 100 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 11 13 Broad-winged Hawk 2 196 7322 Red-tailed Hawk 23 77 151 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 30 643 1081 Merlin 1 16 38 Peregrine Falcon 0 17 35 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 20 Unknown Buteo 2 9 24 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 5 Unknown Raptor 4 4 7 Total: 3631 18949 29848 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Cramer Visitors: On this beautiful fall day visitors were many. In total we had about 25 visitors to the tower, some for only a short time, and some for hours. A group of 4 Graduate Students from the Univ of Windsor joined us for several hours. Weather: A beautiful fall day, mostly sunny skies with temps starting the day at 10.7 C and rising to 12.5 C. Winds were constant today out of the S, with one hour SW. Our partial cloud cover of the morning diminished to zero by mid day. Raptor Observations: We had 12 species of raptor today, with our first Golden Eagle of the season on the far North edge of the marsh. Another big Turkey Vulture day with over 3300, along with numerous Norther Harriers, American Kestrel, and of course Sharp-shinned Hawks Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays were moving in large numbers throughout the morning with a total of 18,660 counted. Huge murmurations of European Starlings moving back and forth along the North edge of the marsh. American Goldfinch were still moving in strong numbers. A wide assortment of ducks were also tallied in the marsh. 25 Monarchs were noted. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49221986 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawkla...@aol.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
