Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3345 33455 35136 Osprey 0 14 39 Bald Eagle 26 76 151 Northern Harrier 15 236 377 Sharp-shinned Hawk 352 3944 5171 Cooper's Hawk 11 118 154 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 42 71 73 Broad-winged Hawk 0 198 7324 Red-tailed Hawk 188 416 490 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 3 4 4 American Kestrel 12 984 1422 Merlin 1 28 50 Peregrine Falcon 2 24 42 Unknown Accipiter 2 9 22 Unknown Buteo 9 24 39 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 5 Unknown Raptor 0 4 7 Total: 4009 39609 50508 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Dave Martin, Jim McCoy, Linda Wladarski, Olga Klekner Visitors: A total of 12 Visitors were at the tower today, including "English" Les, John Barnes, Bob Vodarek, Jim and Len, Olga Klekner, Dave and Linda, Chip, Eugene from Mississauga. Thank you for everyone's help on this busy day at the tower! Weather: Mostly moderate and mostly northwest winds persisted throughout the day. The temperature began at 7.1 C and climbed to 11.8 C in the final hour. Cloud cover was variable; 50% to begin the day, followed by clear skies for an hour or two, then increased to about 80% for the rest of the day. Humidity generally decreased and barometric pressure increased as the day went on. Visibility was about 8 km. Raptor Observations: With the northwest winds that came this morning, it was like a faucet was turned on and all the migrants were coming through. (3) Golden Eagles, an immature, an adult and a sub-adult were observed today. A white morph Rough-legged Hawk, the first record of the season was observed. It was the biggest day so far this year for (188) Red-tailed and (42) Red-shouldered Hawks. Many (352) Sharp-shinned Hawks were still being observed. 2 Peregrine Falcon flew past in the morning. A good number of (26) Bald Eagles and also some (15) Northern Harrier including at least 4 males. A Merlin and some (12) American Kestrel were also observed. The local Osprey is still present. Non-raptor Observations: 4 Wild Turkey were observed around the campsite on the drive in in the morning. Many Red-winged Blackbirds were migrating past tower in the morning. Many American Goldfinches, Cedar Waxwings and Pine Siskin were observed flying past later in the day. American Crow numbers drastically increased today making this the biggest day for this species so far this year. Blue Jays - 2,330 American Crow - 2880 Monarchs - 1 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49407060 Predictions: Winds are forecast to continue from the northwest throughout the night and into mid-morning. They are then expected to shift to the north for the rest of the day. It will be mainly sunny skies and a high of 9 C. Hopefully the great viewing at the tower will continue for another day tomorrow! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Craig Evans (c...@hotmail.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
