Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2473 28810 30491 Osprey 0 14 39 Bald Eagle 6 50 125 Northern Harrier 18 205 346 Sharp-shinned Hawk 250 3224 4451 Cooper's Hawk 10 102 138 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 29 31 Broad-winged Hawk 0 197 7323 Red-tailed Hawk 84 217 291 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 10 923 1361 Merlin 1 26 48 Peregrine Falcon 1 22 40 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 20 Unknown Buteo 0 13 28 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 5 Unknown Raptor 0 4 7 Total: 2862 33847 44746 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Cramer, Dan Lumm Visitors: Even in the cold weather multiple brave souls visited today. In total we had 11 visitors including my friend Jackie P and Dan Lumm's sister Yvonne. Weather: Cloudy and cold today with winds from the West or WNW. Temperatures began at 2.9 C and ended at 5.8 C. Winds varied between WNW and W hourly at speeds from 2 kmph blowing and gusting to 10 kmph. No sun during the count hours at all. Raptor Observations: Resident Eagles and the 2 Osprey who have been hanging out entertained us today. Overall 12 species of hawk today were seen, with our season's first Northern Goshawk giving those on the tower a nice look as he flew over the marsh relatively low. Non-raptor Observations: Song birds were present but not in large numbers, other than the Blue Jays and American Crow flocks migrating. Ducks in the marsh also seemed to be lower in number in the area around the tower. See the eBird report specifics: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49356832 Predictions: A bit warmer and sunnier tomorrow! ======================================================================== 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
